Roger Ascham
1515-1568, writer and tutor of Elizabeth I.
Biography
Roger Ascham was born 1515 in Yorkshire. In 1530 he went to Cambridge.
Works
Texophilus (1545)
His most famous work The Schoolmaster, published in 1570, deals with the proper education of children. Pupils should learn English and Latin.
Sources
Erlebach, Peter, Bernhard Reitz und Thomas Michael Stein, Geschichte der englischen Literatur, Stuttgart: Reclam, 2007.
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