Hadrian à Saravia

Hadrian à Saravia
Born1532 (1532)
Hesdin, Artois, Spanish Netherlands (now France)
DiedJanuary 15, 1612(1612-01-15) (aged 79–80)
Canterbury, United Kingdom
NationalityDutch/British
Other namesAdrian Saravia, Adrianus Saravia
Known forTranslator of King James Version of the Bible
Spouses
  • Catherine d'Allez (1561–1606)
  • Marguerite Wiits (1608–1612)

Hadrian à Saravia, sometimes called Hadrian Saravia, Adrien Saravia, or Adrianus Saravia (1532  15 January 1612) was a Protestant theologian and pastor from the Low Countries who became an Anglican prebend and a member of the First Westminster Company charged by James I of England to produce the King James Version of the Bible.