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John Boys
1571–1625
A learned churchman of early Stuart England, he is remembered for sermons and biblical commentary that prized close reading and clear explanation. His career led from Cambridge scholarship to the deanery of Canterbury, where his writings continued to circulate after his death.
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An Exposition of the Last Psalme
by John Boys
About the author
Born in Kent in 1571, John Boys was an English clergyman and scholar who went on to become Dean of Canterbury in 1619. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, later held a fellowship at Clare Hall, and built a reputation as a careful reader of scripture and an able preacher.
His published work is tied especially to sermons and expository writing on the Bible. Surviving records also connect him with parish livings in Kent and with Eastbridge Hospital in Canterbury, showing a career rooted in both academic learning and church service.
Boys died in 1625. He is not among the best-known writers of his age today, but readers interested in seventeenth-century religious prose may find him appealing for his strong grounding in scripture and his place in the religious life of Canterbury.