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Kirkby, John (c. 1705–1754), Church of England clergyman and grammarian  

Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

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Kirkby, John (c. 1705–1754), Church of England clergyman and grammarian, claimed to have been born in Cumberland, though in the register of St John's College, Cambridge, from where he appears to have graduated BA in 1726, and proceeded MA in 1745, his birthplace is noted as ...

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Neilson, William [Uilliam Mac Néill] (1774–1821), minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and grammarian  

Séamas Ó Saothraí

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Neilson, William [Uilliam Mac Néill] (1774–1821), minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and grammarian, was born at Rademon, Crossgar, co. Down, on 12 September 1774, the fourth child of the seven sons and one daughter of Moses Neilson (1739–1823), minister of ...

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Ó Maolmhuaidh, Froinsias [Francis O'Molloy or Molloy] (c. 1606–1677?), theologian and grammarian  

Bernadette Cunningham

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Ó Maolmhuaidh, Froinsias [Francis O'Molloy or Molloy] (c. 1606–1677?), theologian and grammarian, was born in the diocese of Meath, most probably in the traditional O'Molloy territory of Fercall, in the King's county portion of that diocese. His precise position within the O'Molloy kin group is not known. In old age he recorded stories he had heard from eyewitnesses in his youth of a great Christmas banquet for 960 people, lasting twelve days, held by ...

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Robert, Gruffydd [Griffith Roberts] (fl. 1558–1598), Roman Catholic priest, humanist, and grammarian  

T. Gwynfor Griffith

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Robert, Gruffydd [Griffith Roberts] (fl. 1558–1598), Roman Catholic priest, humanist, and grammarian, hailed from the southern part of Caernarfonshire, possibly Arfon or the Llŷn peninsula. In the Status Cleri records of the archdiocese of Milan he names his father and mother as ‘Robertus’ and ‘Caterina de Griffi[th]’, although these individuals cannot be further identified with any certainty. In the same records ...

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Simson, Andrew (c. 1526–1591?), grammarian and Church of Scotland minister  

Richard L. Greaves

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Simson, Andrew (c. 1526–1591?), grammarian and Church of Scotland minister, studied at King's College, Aberdeen, probably under the humanist John Vaus and certainly under his assistant and successor Theophilus Stewart. By late May 1550 he was master of the grammar school at Perth...

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Tonneys, John (d. 1514), prior of the Austin friars, London, and grammarian  

Victoria Christine Appel

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Tonneys, John (d. 1514), prior of the Austin friars, London, and grammarian, was a native of Norfolk and received his early education at the Augustinian friary in Norwich. It was probably here that he entered the order. He is said by Blomefield to have become prior of the ...