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Davies, Sir John

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an English writer, was born at Tisbury, Wiltshire, in 1570. He graduated from Queen's College, Oxford, in 1590, studied law, became a member of Parliament in 1601, in 1603 solicitor-general of Ireland, in 1608 chief- justice in England, in 1616 returned to Ireland, and died December 7, 1626. Besides several political essays he published a somewhat noted poem, entitled Nosce Teipsum (Lond. 1594, and often). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Davies, Sir John'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/davies-sir-john.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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