Editing Thomas Bodley (section)

==Childhood and education==
The family, including Thomas' younger brother [[Josias Bodley]] (and the ten-year-old [[Nicholas Hilliard]], who had been attached to the household by his parents, friends of Bodley), sought refuge in the [[Duchy of Cleves]] during the reign of Queen Mary (1553 1558). They stayed in the town of [[Wesel]], then in the [[imperial free city]] of [[Frankfurt]], before eventually settling in [[Geneva]], home of [[Calvinism]] and a great centre of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. There, Thomas had the opportunity to study at [[John Calvin]]'s newly erected Academy. He attended lectures in Divinity given by [[Theodore Beza]] and Calvin himself and attended services led by [[John Knox]]. He learned [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] from [[Mattheus Beroaldus]] and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] from [[Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier|Antoine Chevallier]]. The study of these languages remained enduring passions for Bodley throughout his life.

After Mary's death in 1558 and the accession of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], the family returned to England, and Bodley entered [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], to study under [[Lawrence Humphrey]]. In 1563 he took his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree, and was shortly thereafter, in 1564, admitted as a Fellow of [[Merton College, Oxford|Merton College]].

Thomas Bodley was married to Ann Ball, a wealthy widow, and he left no children.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bodley |first=Sir Thomas |url=https://archive.org/details/lifesirthomasbo00librgoog |title=The Life of Sir Thomas Bodley |date=1 January 1906 |publisher=A. C. McClurg}}</ref>