John Holt (English educator)

John Holt (died 1504) of Chichester, Sussex, was an English educator to the future Henry VIII of England. He was a close friend of Thomas More and wrote a schoolboy textbook on Latin grammar. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[1][2][3]

References

  1. p.92, Robert Hutchinson, Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII
  2. Carlson, David R., Royal Tutors in the Reign of Henry VII, Sixteenth Century Journal, vol.22, 1991, p.253
  3. Orme, Nicholas, John Holt, Schoolmaster and Grammarian, The Library, 6th series, vol. 18, 1996, pp.283-305


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