About Robert Clavering
Lived 1676 – 1747 (aged 70–71). Robert Clavering was a British anglican priest, bishop and hebraist.
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 of University 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 1729, 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).
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Who was Robert Clavering?
British bishop
When was Robert Clavering born?
Robert Clavering was born in 1676.
When did Robert Clavering die?
Robert Clavering died on 21 July 1747.
What was Robert Clavering's occupation?
Robert Clavering was an anglican priest, bishop and hebraist.
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Robert Clavering was British.
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