Edward Lively was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 linguist and biblical scholar. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

, where he became a Fellow, He was Regius Professor of Hebrew

Regius Professor of Hebrew

The Regius Professorship of Hebrew, founded by Henry VIII, is a professorship at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities.- List of Regius Professors of Hebrew at Cambridge :...

 from 1575 to 1605. His published works include Latin

Latin

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 expositions of some of the minor prophets, as well as a work on the chronology of Persian monarchs.

He played an active role during the planning for the King James Version of the Bible

King James Version of the Bible

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, and his death from a peritonsillar abscess

Peritonsillar abscess

Peritonsillar abscess , also called a quinsy or abbreviated as PTA is a recognised complication of tonsillitis and consists of a collection of pus beside the tonsil .-Symptoms and signs:...

 is said to have considerably delayed commencement of the work. He left eleven children to be cared for by his widow, with paltry income from his prebend

Prebendary

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 at Peterborough

Peterborough

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 and the generosity of his patron, William Barlow.