J R Worsley

John Worsley (30 March 1696, Hertford – 16 December 1767, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England) was an English schoolmaster and scholar of classical Greek. He made a translation of the New Testament, which was published in 1770. == Life and works == He was for fifty years a successful schoolmaster at Hertford, with a school run in Hertford Castle. Worsley made a translation of the New Testament, into contemporary English, supposed to be the first such translation since the King James Bible. It om…