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November 30, 1549
Sir Henry Savile, English scholar and mathematician (died 1622)
Henry Savile (Bible translator)
Sir Henry Savile was an English scholar and mathematician, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton. He endowed the Savilian chairs of Astronomy and of Geometry at Oxford University, and was one of the scholars who translated the New Testament from Greek into English. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Bossiney in Cornwall in 1589, and Dunwich in Suffolk in 1593.
November 30
November 30 is the 334th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 31 days remain until the end of the year.