Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555)

Lancelot Andrewes

English bishop and scholar (1555–1626)

Lancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, and of Winchester and oversaw the…