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{{Short description|English politician, author, and translator}}
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'''Laurence Tomson''' (1539 – 29 March 1608) was an English politician, author, and translator.
Tomson revised both the text and the annotations of the [[New Testament]] of the [[Geneva Bible]]. His revised edition appeared in 1576. Tomson was a [[Calvinism|Calvinist]], and his annotations reflect that system of [[theology]].
==Life==
He was born in [[Northamptonshire]], and was admitted a [[Demyship|demy]] of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1553. He graduated B.A. in 1559, was elected a fellow of his college, and commenced M.A. in 1564. He accompanied [[Sir Thomas Hoby]] on
Between 1575 and 1587 Tomson represented [[Weymouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] in the House of Commons, and he was member for [[Downton (UK Parliament constituency)|Downton]] in 1588–9. In 1582 he was in attendance at court at [[Windsor Castle]]. According to his epitaph he travelled in Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and France; was conversant with twelve languages; and at one period gave public lectures on the Hebrew language at Geneva. He was employed in political affairs by Sir Francis Walsingham, after whose death he retired into private life.<ref name="DNB"/>
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/biblethatisholys00toms The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and New Testament, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance (1595)]
*[https://archive.org/details/biblethatisholys00bz The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament : translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages ; with most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance .. (1599)]
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