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Roger Ascham (1515–1568)
Ascham, Roger. An English scholar and prose-writer; born at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton, in 1515; died in London, Dec. 30, 1568. Though a thorough student of Latin and Greek, he preferred to write in English and labored to preserve the purity of the vernacular. In 1548–50 he was tutor of the Princess (afterward Queen) Elizabeth, by whom he was much beloved. His most noted works are: ‘Toxophilus,’ a treatise on archery (his favorite exercise), in the form of a dialogue (1545); and ‘The Scholemaster’ (1570), a treatise on education. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).