Thomas Young (theologian)
Thomas Young (c. 1587–1655) was a
Life
He was born in
In London, from before 1612, he worked as a teaching assistant to Thomas Gataker.[2] He tutored Milton, possibly from 1618 to 1620 or 1622,[3] and continued to correspond with him.[4] He then took a position in Hamburg, as minister to English merchants there, returning to England in 1628. Between 1628 and 1655 Young was vicar at the church of St Peter and St Mary in Stowmarket and his portrait hangs on the south wall of the church nave.[5]
He was the primary author of the pamphlet An Answer signed Smectymnuus, an answer to an anonymous publication defending
He became a Westminster Assembly member in 1643, and Master of Jesus College, Cambridge in 1644. He was expelled as Master in 1650.[6][7]
Works
- Dies Dominica (1639)
- Hope's Incouragement pointed at (1644)
- Smectymnuus Redivivus (1669)
References
- Clarendon Press. p. 12.
- ^ Christopher Hill, Milton and the English Revolution (1977), pp. 25-6.
- ^ Arthur Barker, Milton's Schoolmasters, The Modern Language Review, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct., 1937), pp. 517-536, gives reasons why 1622 is unlikely.
- ^ "John Milton". www.nndb.com.
- ^ Paine, C. St Peter and St Mary's Church, Stowmarket, Official Church Guide, St Peter and St Mary's Church, Stowmarket
- ^ "Young, Thomas (YN644T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ [1] Archived 2009-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
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