Edward Lively (1545 – May 1605) was anEnglish linguist and biblical scholar. He studied atTrinity College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow,^[1] He wasRegius Professor of Hebrew from 1575 to 1605. His published works includeLatin expositions of some of theminor prophets, as well as a work on the chronology ofmonarchs of Persia.

He played an active role during the planning for theKing James Version of the Bible, and his death from aperitonsillar abscess is said to have considerably delayed commencement of the work. He left eleven children to be cared for by his widow, with paltry income from hisprebend atPeterborough and the generosity of his patron,William Barlow. [Note: McClure (p. 104) indicates Lively predeceased his wife, leaving eleven orphans.]

• McClure, Alexander. (1858)The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Maranatha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
• Nicolson, Adam. (2003)God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollinsISBN 0-06-095975-4

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