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British bishop
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Male
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Birth:
1676
Death:
21 July 1747
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Lincoln College
University of Edinburgh
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Robert Clavering (1676 – 21 July 1747) was an English bishop and Hebraist.
Life
He graduated B.A. from the University of Edinburgh, and then went to Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Fellow and tutor ofUniversity College, in 1701. In 1714 he was rector of Bocking, Essex. In 1715 he became Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford.
He became rector of Marsh Gibbon in 1719. He was Bishop of Llandaff from 1724 to 1728, and then Bishop of Peterborough from 1729 to his death.
Works
At Oxford he published a translation of selections from the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides: "Yad," "Hilkot Talmud Torah" and "Teshubah" (1705).