born 1515, Kirby Wiske, near York, Eng.
died Dec. 30, 1568, London
English humanist, scholar, and writer.
He entered Cambridge University at age 14 and studied Greek. He became the future Queen Elizabeth I 's tutor in Greek and Latin (1548–50) and continued to serve her after she took the throne. His best-known book is the posthumous The Scholemaster (1570), which deals with the psychology of learning, the education of the whole person, and the ideal moral and intellectual personality that education should mold. He is notable also for his lucid prose style and his promotion of the vernacular.