William Branthwaite was an English scholar and translator.

Branthwaite studied at Clare Hall, Cambridge

Clare Hall, Cambridge

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 and, in 1584 became a founding fellow of Emmanuel College

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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 under Laurence Chaderton

Laurence Chaderton

Laurence Chaderton was an English Puritan divine, and one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible.-Life:...

. This position he retained until his subsequent selection as master. He was the first of eighteen members of his family to enter. In 1607 he was appointed Master of Gonville and Caius

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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 by royal mandate. He also served in the "Second Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England

James I of England

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 with translating the Apocrypha

Apocrypha

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 for the King James Version of the Bible

King James Version of the Bible

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. He died, whilst Vice-chancellor, February 15, 1619-20.