William Grindal

William Grindal (died 1548), was an English scholar. He was a tutor to Queen Elizabeth and a pupil and protégé of Roger Ascham at St John's College, Cambridge.[1] He died of the plague.[2] Grindal was Elizabeth's main Latin and Greek teacher during her younger years.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Grindall, William (GRNL541W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑  Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Grindal, William". Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ↑ Starkey, David. Elizabeth: Struggle for the Throne. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.


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