Alexander Nowell

Alexander Nowell
Alexander Nowell
Member of Parliament for West Looe
In office
September 1553  October 1553
Serving with Ralph Clive
MonarchMary I
Preceded byJohn Astley
Succeeded byWilliam Bendlowes
Personal details
Born1517 (1517)
Read, Lancashire
Died(1602-02-13)February 13, 1602
London, Middlesex
NationalityEnglish
Spouses
  • (1) Jane Mery
  • (2) Elizabeth Hast
RelationsWilliam Whitaker (nephew)
Parents
  • John Nowell
  • Elizabeth Kay
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
Occupation
  • Clergyman
  • Theologian
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Offices held
Prebendary of Westminster Abbey (1551–4, 1560–4)
Archdeacon of Middlesex (1560)
Dean of St Paul's (1560–1602)
Rector of Saltwood, Kent (1560)
Rector of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire (1562–89)

Alexander Nowell (c.1517  13 February 1602), also known as Alexander Noel, was an Anglican priest and theologian who served as Dean of St Paul's during much of Elizabeth I's reign, and is now remembered for his catechisms, written in Latin.