Andrew Bing
English academic
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| Intro | English academic | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| is | Translator Bible translator | |
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Andrew Bing (1574–1652) was an English scholar. He was a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and succeeded Geoffrey King as Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He served on the "First Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England with translating parts of the Old Testament for the King James Version of the Bible.
Bing served as subdean of York Cathedral in 1606 and Archdeacon of Norwich in 1618.