Talk:George Abbot (bishop)/Archive 1

Archive 1

Killing

We write:

Gustavus Paine notes that Abbot was both the "only translator of the 1611 Bible and the only Archbishop of Canterbury ever to kill a human being."

While true that Paine wrote that, and Abbot is still (I hope) the only one to have killed someone while Archbishop, he wrote it in 1977. In 1980, Robert Runcie was appointed Archbishop, and he certainly had killed people - he was a decorated officer in WWII. It isn't completely clear from our quote if Paine meant "while in office" (still correct) or "at all" (no longer). How should we phrase this? Andrew Gray (talk) 10:06, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

How many Abbots?

Our article says he had five brothers, which was cited to the DNB article on his brother Maurice. This, however, says Maurice was the youngest of five sons - giving George four brothers. The DNB article on George says Maurice was the sixth son (which would make five brothers correct). The newer ODNB says six brothers in total in both the articles on George and Maurice - I have therefore changed the ref for the five brothers to use the newer source. DuncanHill (talk) 03:31, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Duff reference

Reference 5, "Carr, William, University College, Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0-415-18632-2. Chapter V, The Sixteenth Century and Chapter VI, The Seventeenth century to the Restoration, 1660." has incorrect links. The Google Books links go to Jesus College by Ernest George Hardy, the ISBN goes to The University of Oxford College Histories: From their Foundation to the Twentieth Century by Paul Wells. I shall remove it as the dates for his archbishopric can be supported by eg the ODNB. DuncanHill (talk) 03:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)