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Lever, Thomas
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- Leaver, Thomas
- Leiver, Thomas
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Dates of existence
1521-1577
History
Thomas Lever was an English Protestant reformer and Marian exile, one of the founders of the Puritan tendancy in the Church of England. He was from Little Lever, Lancashire. Lever graduated B.A. from St John's in 1541/2 and was elected to the Fellowship in 1543. From 1547, he along with Roger Hutchinson led the discussion of the mass and transubstantiation in the College. Lever was Master of the College from 1551-1553.
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Cambridge, Zurich, Geneva, Coventry
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GB-1859-SJCA-PN137