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ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROW, See also:JOHN (c. 1525—1580) , Scottish reformer, was See also:born He died on the 6th of See also:December 1718, and was buried in See also:West-near See also:Stirling and educated in that See also:town and at St See also:Andrews, See also:minster See also:Abbey. He was twice married, and his widow re-where he began to practise as an See also:advocate in the consistorial ceived a See also:pension from See also:George I. in 1719 in recognition of her See also:court. In 1550 he was sent to See also:Rome in the interests of John See also:husband's See also:translation of See also:Lucan. This See also:verse translation, or See also:Hamilton, See also:archbishop of St Andrews, and attracted the See also:notice rather See also:paraphrase of the Pharsalia, was called by See also:Samuel of the highest authorities, who, when his failing See also:health drove See also:Johnson " one of the greatest productions in See also:English See also:poetry," him back to See also:Scotland in 1558, nominated him papal See also:nuncio to and was widely read, See also:running through eight See also:editions between inquire into the spread of See also:heresy in that See also:country. That in- 1718 and 1807. quiry ultimately led him to See also:change his faith. Much influenced Rowe was the first See also:modern editor of See also:Shakespeare. It is by See also:Knox's See also:preaching, he joined the reformers and in See also:April unfortunate that he based his See also:text (6 vols., 1709) on the corrupt 156o was admitted See also:minister of Kennoway in See also:Fife, and in See also:July See also:Fourth See also:Folio, a course in which he was followed by later editors. of the same See also:year minister of the Old or See also:Middle See also:Church at See also:Perth. We owe to him the preservation of a number of Shakespearian He was one of the See also:commission of six who See also:drew up the "See also:Con- traditions, collected for him at See also:Stratford by See also:Thomas See also:Betterton. fession of Faith " and the " First See also:Book of Discipline," and These materials he used with considerable See also:judgment in the during the struggle with See also:Queen See also:Mary was often employed on memoir prefixed to the See also:Works. Moreover, his See also:practical know-important engagements. He was See also:moderator of the Church ledge of the See also:stage suggested technical improvements.

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