Richard Kilby (Kilbye) (1560–1620) was an English scholar and priest. Life He was born in Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 20 December 1577, and was elected fellow on 18 January 1578. He was admitted B.A. on 9 December 1578, M.A. in 1582, B.D. and D.D. in 1596. On 10 December 1590 he was elected rector of Lincoln College. He was appointed Regius Professor of Hebrew in 1610, and served in the "First Oxford Company" charged by James I of England with translating the latter part of the Old Testament for the King James Version of the Bible. Works He published a funeral sermon on Thomas Holland, in 1613, and also a volume of commentary on the Book of Exodus, drawn from earlier Hebrew rabbinical studies. His continuation of John Mercer's commentary on Genesis was submitted for approval (1598), but he was not allowed to print it. References McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 ) Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins Notes Attribution 1560 births 1620 deaths Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford Translators of the King James Version People from the Borough of Charnwood 16th-century English Anglican priests 17th-century English Anglican priests 16th-century translators 17th-century translators Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford Regius Professors of Hebrew (University of Oxford) 17th-century Anglican theologians 16th-century Anglican theologians