Sparrow, John, 1615-1670 (Nombre personal)

Böhme, J. Mysterium magnum, 1924: t.p. (John Sparrow)

DNB (Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?; mystic)

Böhme, J. XL. questions concerning the soule, 1647: p. [14], first sequence (J.S.)

Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed 2016-04-26 doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26087 (Sparrow, John (1615-1670), translator and lawyer, was born on 12 May 1615 at Stambourne, Essex. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1631 but did not graduate. He was admitted of the Inner Temple in November 1633 and became a barrister. Between 1647 and 1662 Sparrow and his cousin John Ellistone translated and published the complete works of the Silesian mystic Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) from German into English. Sparrow was buried at Gestingthorpe, Essex, on 8 December 1670)