George Abbot was an English divine who was Archbishop of Canterbury form 1611-1633. He was a translator of the King James Version of the Bible.
He also served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1612-1633.
He was a conscientious prelate , though narrow in view and often harsh towards both separatists and roman catholics.
He wrote a large number of works and was one of the translators of the 1611 King James version of the Bible.
George accidently shot a gamekeeper in 1621. A commission met to consider whether he was fit for the primacy- King James exercised his vote in his favour.
Gustavus Paine notes that George was both translator of the 1611 Bible and the only Archbishop Canterbury to kill a human being.
He was born and buried in Guildford. His legacy there is a hospital, a secondary school, a pub and a statue in the High Street.
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