Robert Clavering (1676 – 21 July 1747) was an English bishop and Hebraist.


Robert Clavering

Bishop of Peterborough
Portrait by Thomas Gibson
DioceseDiocese of Peterborough
In office1729–1747
PredecessorWhite Kennett
SuccessorJohn Thomas
Other post(s)Bishop of Llandaff (1724–1729)
Personal details
Born1676 (1676)
Died(1747-07-21)21 July 1747
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMary Cook
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Lincoln College, Oxford

Life

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He graduated B.A. from the University of Edinburgh, and then went to Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Fellow and tutor of University College, in 1701. In 1714 he was rector of Bocking, Essex. In 1715 he became Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford.[1][2][3]

He became rector of Marsh Gibbon in 1719.[4] He was Bishop of Llandaff from 1724 to 1729, and then Bishop of Peterborough from 1729 to his death.[5]

Works

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At Oxford he published a translation of selections from the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides: "Yad," "Hilkot Talmud Torah" and "Teshubah" (1705).[6][7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Mordechai Feingold, Oriental Studies, p. 467 in Trevor Henry Aston, Nicholas Tyacke (editors), The History of the University of Oxford: Volume IV: Seventeenth-Century Oxford (1984).
  2. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ "Canons of Christ Church: Sixth prebend | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Parishes : Marsh Gibbon | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Bishops of Peterborough". peterowen.org.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "CLAVERING, ROBERT – JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. ^ "OXFORD – JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
Academic offices
Preceded by Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford
1715–1747
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Hereford
1706–1729
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Llandaff
1724–1729
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Peterborough
1729–1747
Succeeded by