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John Lightfoot
English churchman, rabbinical scholar (1602–1675) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about 17th-century clergyman. For the 18th-century biologist, see John Lightfoot (biologist). For the 19th-century clergyman, see John Prideaux Lightfoot.
John Lightfoot (29 March 1602 – 6 December 1675) was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
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