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Ascham

American  
[as-kuhm] / ˈæs kəm /

noun

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


Ascham British  
/ ˈæskəm /

noun

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

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Ascham, an exclusive private girls' school in Sydney's east, endured a public row earlier in the year when a group of its high-flying parents demanded a greater say in the school council's choice of headmistress.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reporters discovered that Roberts had checked in at Sydney's swanky Glen Ascham Hotel under an assumed name.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its English translator was Thomas Hoby, and his work, as has been seen, was commended by the judicious Ascham.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

Thus Ascham twice owed his good fortune to his good book.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

From Ascham he seems to have derived his inspiration, and from Harvey his metrical system.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias