Roger Ascham

Roger Ascham (c. 1515 – 23 December 1568) is an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education.

He acts as Princess Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548-50, and serves in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.

The name Ascham could be more properly spelt Askham, being derived from Askham near York.

He was born at Kirby Wiske, a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, near Northallerton, the third son of John Ascham, steward to Lord Scrope of Bolton.

The family name of his mother Margaret is unknown, but she is said to have been well connected.

The authority for this statement, as for most information concerning Ascham's early life, is Edward Grant, headmaster of Westminster, who collected and edited his letters and delivered a panegyrical oration on his life in 1576.

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