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As·cham (ăsʹkəm), Roger. 1515-1568.
English scholar who as Latin secretary to Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I advocated the use of the vernacular in literature.
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ASCHAM, Roger — (1515 1568) Roger Ascham played his role in English thought and politics during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs and is best remembered as the author of The Scholemaster, one of the first educational treatises written in the vernacular in Europe … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Ascham, Roger — born 1515, Kirby Wiske, near York, Eng. died Dec. 30, 1568, London English humanist, scholar, and writer. He entered Cambridge University at age 14 and studied Greek. He became the future Queen Elizabeth I s tutor in Greek and Latin (1548–50) and … Universalium
Ascham, Roger — (ca. 1515 1568) English humanist and teacher. A poor boy from Yorkshire, educated at Cambridge University at a time when enthusiasm for Greek language and Ciceronian eloquence was colored by growing commitment to religious reform based on the… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
Ascham, Roger — (1515, Kirby Wiske, cerca de York, Inglaterra–30 dic. 1568, Londres). Humanista, erudito y escritor inglés. Ingresó a la Universidad de Cambridge a los 14 años y estudió griego. Llegó a ser tutor de griego y latín (1548–50) de la que más tarde… … Enciclopedia Universal
ASCHAM, ROGER — a Yorkshireman, Fellow of Cambridge, a good classical, and particularly Greek, scholar; wrote a book on archery, deemed a classic, entitled Toxophilus, for which Henry VIII. settled a pension on him; was tutor and Latin secretary to Queen… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ascham, Roger — (1515 1568) Didactic writer and scholar, s. of John A., house steward in the family of Lord Scrope, was b. at Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, and ed. first by Sir Humphrey Wingfield, and then at St. John s Coll., Cambridge, where he devoted himself… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Roger Ascham — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Roger Ascham. Roger Ascham (1515, Kirby Wiske, North Yorkshire 30 de diciembre de 1568, Londres) fue un escritor, intelectual y humanista inglés. Ingresó a la … Wikipedia Español
ASCHAM (R.) — ASCHAM ROGER (1515 1568) Humaniste anglais du meilleur ton, qui gaspillait parfois son temps à jouer aux dés et qui assistait à des combats de coqs, Ascham était cependant un grave personnage et un grand érudit. Fort en langues classiques dès son … Encyclopédie Universelle
roger — /roj euhr/, interj. 1. Informal. all right; O.K. 2. message received and understood (a response to radio communications). 3. (often cap.) See Jolly Roger. 4. (formerly used in communications to represent the letter R.) [from the name Roger; in… … Universalium
Roger — /roj euhr/, n. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning fame and spear. * * * (as used in expressions) Ascham Roger Bacon Roger Baldwin Roger Nash Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Casement Sir Roger David Clemens William Roger Pierre Roger… … Universalium
