John Withals
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John Withals (d. circa 1555)[1] was an English lexicographer. Withals was born and raised in London. Originally a schoolmaster,[2] he was a contemporary of Peter Levens and Richard Huloet.
Withals was the author of one of the first English-Latin vocabularies for children.[2] In 1556, he published A Short Dictionary for Young Beginners.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Smith, R. D. (25 May 2006). "Withals, John (d. c. 1555), lexicographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 Lee, Sidney. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. pp. 257–258.
- ↑ "John Withals | English lexicographer". Britannica.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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