Roger Marbeck (1536–1605), son of organist John Marbeck, was a noted classical scholar, was appointed public orator in the University of Oxford in 1564, and in 1565 became a canon of Christ Church and was elected Provost of Oriel College; he left Oxford on account of an unfortunate marriage, and took to medicine as a profession, becoming the first registrar of the College of Physicians in London, and chief physician to Elizabeth I of England.

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• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Merbeck, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 148.