Abbot's Hospital blue plaque

Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Abbot's Hospital. George Abbot was born in Guildford in 1562, the son of a cloth-worker. He received a good education at the Grammar School and went up to Oxford. He was a talented scholar, particularly of classical languages. He befriended King James I and was one of the translators of the Authoris

ed Version of the Bible. The King favoured Abbot, making him first a bishop and in 1611 Archbishop of Canterbury. As Archbishop, Abbot became a wealthy man and he decided to reward the town of his bir

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