Walton

BRIAN WALTON (1599 - 1661)

Though some accounts have Walton's birth-place as Seamer in Cleveland, it seems more likely that he was born in Northumberland and attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. He was probably the son of Brian Walton, who was apprenticed to William Marley, a Newcastle merchant in 1591. Walton left the Grammar School and went up to Cambridge as a sizar in 1616. His career in the church had many changes of fortune, but he was eventually appointed Bishop of Chester in 1660. His great claim to fame is his London Polyglott Bible in nine languages, published in six volumes between 1653 and 1657. Though he was assisted by several other scholars, Walton's was the driving force behind the project. His other works include An Introduction to Oriental Languages (1654) and Considerator Considered (1659), a defence of the Polyglott.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
BRIAN WALTON (1599 - 1661) Though some accounts have Walton's birth-place as Seamer in Cleveland, it seems more likely that he was born in Northumberland and attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. He was probably the son of Brian Walton, who was apprenticed to William Marley, a Newcastle merchant in 1591. Walton left the Grammar School and went up to Cambridge as a sizar in 1616. His career in the church had many changes of fortune, but he was eventually appointed Bishop of Chester in 1660. His great claim to fame is his London Polyglott Bible in nine languages, published in six volumes between 1653 and 1657. Though he was assisted by several other scholars, Walton's was the driving force behind the project. His other works include An Introduction to Oriental Languages (1654) and Considerator Considered (1659), a defence of the Polyglott.
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