William Latimer

William Latimer (c. 1467–1545) was an English clergyman and scholar of Ancient Greek.

Latimer studied at Oxford University, attaining the degree of Bachelor of Arts before being admitted as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1489. In the 1490s Latimer went to Italy in order to study Greek, he was eventually awarded an MA by the University of Ferrara in 1502.

Shortly after returning to England in 1502, Latimer took holy orders. Throughout the rest of his life he combined his travels and studies with a career in the priesthood. He also spent several spells serving as a teacher at Canterbury College, Oxford, where, amongst others, he taught Reginald Pole.

Latimer was one of the foremost scholars of his age, a fact attested by his selection as Pole's tutor and his role as an advisor to Henry VIII on the theological implications of his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Latimer was also a correspondent of Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus, the latter specifically seeking Latimer's help during his translation of the New Testament (something Latimer denied in a letter).

William Latimer (disambiguation)

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William Latimer (Australian politician)

William Fleming Latimer (1858 – 21 July 1935) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, to farmer William Latimer and Sarah Ann Fleming. He attended the Erasmus Smith school near Florencecourt and was then apprenticed to a softgoods trader at the age of fifteen. After his apprenticeship was complete he worked in Glasgow for two years and then in Dublin before managing a large warehouse in Northern Ireland in 1880. In 1882 he arrived in Sydney. He married Charlotte Creighton on 23 September 1884; they would have three children. He worked at Perry and Company until he assumed control of the Woollahra branch of the business in 1886. He subsequently served as a Woollahra alderman from 1897 to 1928, as mayor from 1900 to 1910 and 1918 to 1920. In 1901 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Woollahra as a Liberal. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation leading to his seat's abolition, Latimer was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He remained there until changes in the Council led to the removal of lifetime appointments in 1934. Latimer died the following year in Sydney.