Roger Ascham

Timeline

1. 1530–1548Cambridge · CambridgeshireReceived humanist training at Cambridge, mastering Greek and Latin, later holding posts at St John's College and elsewhere, known for his rigorous scholarship.
2. 1548–1555England · EnglandHired as tutor to Princess Elizabeth in 1548, publishing Toxophilus in 1550; he cultivated the princess's classical languages and writing with a gentle humanist method.
3. 1555–1568London · LondonServed as Latin secretary at the courts of Mary and Elizabeth, publishing The Scholemaster in 1563, systematically setting out humanist educational principles that influenced later educational thought.