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George Ryves (
c. 1562 – 31 May 1613) was an
English academic administrator at the
University of Oxford .
He was born in
Dorset , second of the eight sons of John Ryves (1532–1587) of Damory Court near
Blandford and Elizabeth Marvyn, daughter of Sir
John Marvyn of
Fonthill Gifford ,
Wiltshire , and his first wife Jane Baskerville. He came from a gifted clan: of his brothers, Sir
Thomas Ryves was an acknowledged expert on
maritime law , and another brother, Sir
William Ryves , had a highly successful career as a Law Officer and High Court
judge in
Ireland .
Bruno Ryves ,
Dean of Windsor was a cousin. His widowed mother made her home with George in New College, and died at a ripe age in 1609.
Ryves was educated at
Winchester College , where he gained a scholarship aged 12 in 1574,
[1] and
New College, Oxford , where he matriculated in 1579, graduating
B.A. 1582,
M.A. 1586,
B.D. 1594,
D.D. 1599.
[2]
In the church, Ryves became chaplain to the
Bishop of Winchester and canon of
Winchester Cathedral in 1598, and held the following livings:
[2]
Ryves was elected
Warden (head) of
New College, Oxford , in 1599, a post he held until his death in 1613.
[3] During his time as Warden of New College, he was also
Vice-Chancellor of
Oxford University from 1601 until 1602.
[4]
[5]
Ryves was involved in the translation of the
King James Version . Gustavus Paine notes that a letter from
Thomas Bilson to
Thomas Lake refers to Ryves as "one of the overseers of that part of the
New Testament that is being translated out of
Greek ".
[6]
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