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Roger Ascham

1515 - 1568

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Roger Ascham (; c. 1515 – 30 December 1568) was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He served in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, having earlier acted as Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Ascham is the 4,833rd most popular writer (up from 5,555th in 2019), the 3,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,251st in 2019) and the 411th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Roger Ascham ranks 4,833 out of 7,302. Before him are Göran Tunström, Taylor Caldwell, Paula Fox, C. L. Moore, Sidney Howard, and Horst Bienek. After him are C. A. Rosetti, Rosa Liksom, I. A. L. Diamond, Helen Fielding, Günter Kunert, and Eugenio Montejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Roger Ascham ranks 28. Before him are Hōjō Ujiyasu, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Sibylle of Saxony, Giorgio Biandrata, and Francisco Hernández de Toledo.  Among people deceased in 1568, Roger Ascham ranks 19. Before him are Nicolaus Olahus, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Garcia de Orta, and William Turner. After him is Gaspar Becerra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 3,801 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Andrew Davis (1944), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Richard O'Brien (1942), Trevor Bolder (1950), and Jack Sheppard (1702). After him are C. V. Boys (1855), Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472), Jim Bellamy (1881), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), Simon Gallup (1960), and Steve Marriott (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Roger Ascham ranks 411. Before him are Quentin Crisp (1908), Henri Alleg (1921), John Mawe (1764), Michael Hirst (1952), Max Beerbohm (1872), and Taylor Caldwell (1900). After him are Helen Fielding (1958), Ronald Knox (1888), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Lucy Hawking (1969), and Peter Ackroyd (1949).

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