Ammonius, Andreas [Andrea della Rena] (bap. 1476, d. 1517), humanist scholar and poet, was the son of Elisabetta Vanni and her husband, Francesco della Rena (dell' Arena). Of a family long established as silk weavers at Lucca, he was baptized in the cathedral there on 13 October 1476. In preparation for an ecclesiastical career, he studied with ...
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Ammonius, Andreas [Andrea della Rena] (bap. 1476, d. 1517), humanist scholar and poet
J. B. Trapp
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Bullock, Henry (d. 1526), humanist scholar
S. F. Ryle
Bullock, Henry (d. 1526), humanist scholar, entered the University of Cambridge about the year 1500. His family background is unknown. Fuller believed that he was 'most probably' born in Berkshire, 'where his ancient name appears in a worshipful estate' (...
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Chaundler, Thomas (c. 1417–1490), university principal and humanist scholar
Jeremy Catto
Chaundler, Thomas (c. 1417–1490), university principal and humanist scholar, was born at Wells, in St Cuthbert's parish, the son probably of William Chaundler and possibly the brother of Geoffrey and John, clerks of Somerset parishes. John Chaundler, bishop of Salisbury (1417–26), may have been a kinsman, and the ...
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Cheke, Sir John (1514–1557), humanist, royal tutor, and administrator
Alan Bryson
Cheke, Sir John (1514–1557), humanist, royal tutor, and administrator, was born on 16 June 1514 in a house on the corner of Market Hill and Petty Cury in Cambridge, the son of Peter Cheke (d. 1530), administrator, of Cambridge, and his wife, ...
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Sir John Cheke (1514–1557) attrib. Lodovico Leoni, c. 1555 © Copyright The British Museum
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Doget [Doket], John (d. 1501), humanist scholar and college head
Peter Murray Jones
Doget [Doket], John (d. 1501), humanist scholar and college head, was the nephew of Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1486), to whom Doget must have owed much of the considerable church patronage later bestowed on him. He was born in ...
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Erasmus, Desiderius (c. 1467–1536), humanist scholar and reformer
James McConica
Erasmus, Desiderius (c. 1467–1536), humanist scholar and reformer, was born in Rotterdam during the night of 27–28 October in the late 1460s—a year about 1467 seems plausible. He was illegitimate, a circumstance that doubtless contributed to the uncertainty attending all record of his origins, family name, and early life. The source of much information is the ...
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Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1467–1536) by Hans Holbein the younger, 1523 private collection. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Ferrerio, Giovanni [Joannes Ferrerius] (1502–1579), historian and humanist writer
Nicola Royan
Ferrerio, Giovanni [Joannes Ferrerius] (1502–1579), historian and humanist writer, was born on 25 March 1502 in Riva di Chieri, near Turin, the son of Martino Ferrerio and Caterina Finelli. His father was distantly related to the episcopal family of Ivrea and Vercelli, but ...
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Flemming, Robert (1416–1483), ecclesiastic and humanist
Cecil H. Clough
Flemming, Robert (1416–1483), ecclesiastic and humanist, was born in the diocese of York, probably the illegitimate son of Robert Flemming, esquire, of Wath, near Ripon (d. 1459); his uncle Richard Flemming (d. 1431) was bishop of Lincoln, while his aunt Cecily (Cecilia)...
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Free [Fre, Freas], John (c. 1430–1464/5), humanist scholar
J. B. Trapp
Free [Fre, Freas], John (c. 1430–1464/5), humanist scholar, spelled his name Fre or Free; it was Latinized in the fifteenth century to Frea(s), and in the early sixteenth to Phrea(s). His birthplace was Bristol according to William Worcester, who seems to have known him personally, or ...
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Hay, Archibald (d. 1547), humanist scholar and writer on education
Euan Cameron
Hay, Archibald (d. 1547), humanist scholar and writer on education, whose parents are not known, was a nephew of James Beaton (archbishop of St Andrews, 1523–39), and a cousin of David Beaton (cardinal and archbishop of St Andrews, 1539–46). Like many Scots of his generation he studied for much of his career in ...
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Hegat, William (fl. 1598–1621), humanist and academic
Mark Dilworth
Hegat, William (fl. 1598–1621), humanist and academic, was born at Glasgow, the son most probably of William Hegat (c.1522–1591/2), burgess of Glasgow and notary, and his wife, Janet Graham (d. 1608). The elder William Hegat certainly had a son William...
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Linacre, Thomas (c. 1460–1524), humanist scholar and physician
Vivian Nutton
Linacre, Thomas (c. 1460–1524), humanist scholar and physician, is of unknown origins. Of his early life nothing definite is known although a connection with Kent and Canterbury is possible. He was in Oxford by 1481, but the earliest certain record of him is his election in 1484 to a fellowship at ...
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Livio, Tito, dei Frulovisi [Titus Livius Forojuliensis] (fl. 1429–1456), humanist and historian
Anne Curry
Livio, Tito, dei Frulovisi [Titus Livius Forojuliensis] (fl. 1429–1456), humanist and historian, was born in Ferrara, probably after 1400. Educated in Venice and Padua, he became a notary but by 1429 he was running a school in Venice in the parish of San Basso...
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More, Sir Thomas [St Thomas More] (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr
Seymour Baker House
More, Sir Thomas [St Thomas More] (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr, was born, most scholars agree, between two and three in the morning of 6 February 1478 (alternative dates are 7 February, 1477 or 1478) in Milk Street, Cheapside, London, the eldest of three sons and second of seven children of ...
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Pace, Richard (1483?–1536), diplomat, humanist, and administrator
Cathy Curtis
Pace, Richard (1483
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Reid, Robert (d. 1558), Scottish Renaissance humanist, abbot of Kinloss, and Roman Catholic bishop of Orkney
James Kirk
Reid, Robert (d. 1558), Scottish Renaissance humanist, abbot of Kinloss, and Roman Catholic bishop of Orkney, was born at Aitkenhead in Clackmannan parish, son of John Reid of Aitkenhead, who was killed at Flodden in 1513, and Elizabeth Shanwell, sister of John, abbot of ...
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Selling [Celling, Tyll], William (c. 1430–1494), humanist scholar and prior of Christ Church, Canterbury
Cecil H. Clough
Selling [Celling, Tyll], William (c. 1430–1494), humanist scholar and prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, was almost certainly born about 1430 at Selling, 8 miles west of Canterbury. Selling was to be his name in religion, but his parents were William and Agnes Tyll...
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