Anthony Gilby

Anthony Gilby (c.1510–1585) was an English clergyman, known as a radical Puritan and translator of the Geneva Bible, the first English Bible available to the general public. He was born in Lincolnshire, and was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1535.

In Gilby’s early life, he served as a preacher in Leicestershire under the rule of Edward VI. During this time, he was brought together with people who shared his similar opinions on the corruptions of the era. This pushed him to publish A Commentarye upon the Prophet Mycha (1551) and A Commentarye upon the Prophet Malaky (c. 1553), freely expressing through these texts his feelings about the persecution of his religion.

He converted to Protestantism in his younger years, and this would prove to be an extremely prevalent in his life course. Gilby graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1531-2 and 1535 respectively. Throughout his education he was well known for “his skill in the biblical languages of Latin, Greek and Hebrew,” which proved as obvious assets to him in the translation of the Geneva Bible. When Mary Tudor took the throne in 1553, life for the Protestants only became more turbulent. This led many to flee to religiously free states; including the Gilby Family in 1555.

He became a minister in Leicestershire and Calvinist. His Answer to the Devilish Detection of Stephen Gardiner was published in 1647 (as by AG), by John Day.

Gilby was recorded to have married a woman named Elizabeth. They had two daughters and two sons; unfortunately one of the daughters didn’t survive leaving him with Ruth, Goddred, and Nathaniel Gilby. Gilby's translation work was extremely prevalent, not only throughout the country but also within his family life. This is supported by the fact that both his sons were translators of two prominent texts during their time: A Brief and Learned Treatise, Containing a True Description of the Antichrist by Georg Sohn and An Epistle to his Brother Quintus by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Goddred Gilby the translator was the elder son; the younger, Nathaniel, of Christ's College and fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, was tutor to Joseph Hall, whose mother was one of Gilby's congregation.

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