Charles Cuthbert Southey:

The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey

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Cardinal John Fisher, bishop of Rochester (1469 c.-1535)

Professor of divinity at Cambridge, he was appointed bishop of Rochester in 1504; he was martyred for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the church in England. Professor of divinity at Cambridge, he was appointed bishop of Rochester in 1504; he was martyred for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the church in England.