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===[[name::Gabriel]] [[name::GOODMAN]] [[date of birth::1528]]-[[date of death::1601]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Ruthin, Denbighshire]], son of [[family::Edward Goodman]], a wealthy [[occupation::mercer]]. BA [[education::Christ's College, Cambridge]] 1550, MA 1553, DTh 1564. He became [[occupation::schoolmaster]] to [[associates::William Cecil]]'s household in 1554; Cecil presented him to the [[occupation::rector|rectory]] of [[location::South Luffenham, Rutland]] in 1558. He was appointed a [[occupation::canon]] of the newly refounded [[organisations::Westminster Abbey]] in 1560 and became [[occupation::Dean]] there in 1561, a post he held for the rest of his life. He was sometimes thereafter recommended for episcopal posts but not appointed, partly because he was theologically conservative. He was involved in the translation of the Bishops' Bible in 1568 and in the 1570s refounded Ruthin School. 

====Books====
Goodman assembled a considerable library, and made extensive provision for his books in his will. Many of his relations, and specific institutions, were given particular books, and he gave many books to Ruthin School, where he directed the President and Wardens to "have a speciall care, of kepinge the librarie there". They were to maintain an inventory of books given. About 130 books of his, from Ruthin, survive and are now housed at the National Library of Wales; other books will be found elsewhere (e.g. Cambridge University Library [https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21473076840003606 S*.6.23(F))].

====Characteristic Markings====
Goodman regularly inscribed his name on the titlepages of his books, together with the motto "Gratia Dei sum quod sum".

====Sources====
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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D936678 Will of Gabriel Goodman, The National Archives PROB 11/98/122].
*[https://blog.library.wales/gabriel-goodmans-library/ Cutts, Timothy, Gabriel Goodman's library, National Library of Wales].
*Knighton, C. S. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/10976 "Goodman, Gabriel (1528–1601), dean of Westminster."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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