Ascham

[ as-kuhm ]

/ ˈæs kəm /

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noun

Roger, 1515–68, English scholar and writer: tutor of Queen Elizabeth I.

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How to use Ascham in a sentence

Of the length to which they went Ascham's method of instruction in the Scholemaster is a good example.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
But the most important figure of this period is Roger Ascham.
A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance|Joel Elias Spingarn
My old Master Ascham would have chid me for forgetting the author.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott
Ascham recommended for men of average strength arrows made of birch, hornbeam, oak, and ash.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851|Various

For this natural method of learning languages he alleges the authority of Locke, of Ascham, and of Pestalozzi.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1|Thomas de Quincey

British Dictionary definitions for Ascham

Ascham

/ (ˈæskəm) /

noun

Roger. ?1515–68, English humanist writer and classical scholar: tutor to Queen Elizabeth I

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