Author

Matthew Poole (1624–1679)

Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was born at York, England, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B. A., 1649; M.A., 1652). From 1549 he ministered at St Michael le Querne in London. In July 1657 he was one of eleven Cambridge graduates incorporated M.A. at Oxford on occasion of the visit of Richard Cromwell as chancellor.