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English Renaissance scholar and classical grammarian
- William Lily (born 1468?, Odiham, Hampshire, Eng.—died Feb. 25, 1522, London) was an English Renaissance scholar and classical grammarian, a pioneer of Greek learning in England and one of the authors of an extremely popular Latin grammar that, with corrections and revisions, was used as late as the 19th century.
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William Lily was an English Renaissance scholar and classical grammarian, a pioneer of Greek learning in England and one of the authors of an extremely popular Latin grammar that, with corrections and revisions, was used as late as the 19th century. Lily entered the University of Oxford in 1486.
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William Lily (or William Lilly or Lilye; c. 1468 – 25 February 1522) was an English classical grammarian and scholar. He was an author of the most widely used Latin grammar textbook in England and was the first high master of St Paul's School, London.
William Lilly (11 May [O.S. 1 May] 1602 – 9 June 1681) was a seventeenth century English astrologer.
Lilly was the 53rd recipient of a plaque, and the first astrologer. What is it about Lilly? Coming from a humble farming family, he rose by his own efforts to become the most famous man in England – more acclaimed than Charles I or Oliver Cromwell.
Shakespeare's knowledge of Lily's 'Grammar' and of grammar-school learning methods are evidence that he attended a grammar school himself. If he were an aristocrat using an assumed name, as some have asserted, he would have had a private tutor, and little knowledge of grammar schools.
Apr 9, 2017 · William Lyly was first High Master of St. Paul’s School, the colleague and collaborator of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, the founder of the school, along with Erasmus. He was a leading humanist in the movement to liberalize the curriculum of the Grammar Schools, and a friend of Sir Thomas More.
Dec 5, 2012 · William Lyly was a member of the leading circle of humanists, including Erasmus and Thomas More, and his son – John’s father – was in turn a tutor in Canterbury or at the Queen’s School connected to the cathedral.
