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Ascham, Roger
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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 Elizabeth, and much esteemed by her; his chief work, the "Schoolmaster," an admirable treatise on education, held in high regard by Dr. Johnson, the sum of which is docendo discas , "learn by teaching" (1515-1560).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ascham, Roger'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/ascham-roger.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ascham, Roger'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/ascham-roger.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.