Giles Thomson (Tomson, Thompson) (1553–1612) was an English academic and bishop.
He was born in London, and educated atMerchant Taylors' School, and toUniversity College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1571. He became a Fellow ofAll Souls College in 1580, and Divinity Reader atMagdalen College. Queen Elizabeth made him one of her chaplains.[1]
He becameDean of Windsor in 1602, and took part in theHampton Court Conference of 1604.[2] He was a translator for theKing James Bible, a member of theSecond Oxford Company.[3][4]
He becameBishop of Gloucester in 1611, but died before visiting the see.[5][6][unreliable source] There is a monument to him in theChapel of St George, Windsor.[7]
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