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sketch of roger ascham 30 -rrb- december 1568 -lrb- aged '' c. '' 53 kirby wiske , yorkshire english '' c. '' 1515 roger ascham - project gutenberg etext 12788.png roger ascham
 roger ascham scholar , didactic writer
roger ascham

roger ascham -lrb- 1515 -- 30 december 1568 -rrb- was an english scholar and didactic writer , famous for his prose style , his promotion of the vernacular , and his theories of education .
he acted as princess elizabeth 's tutor in greek and latin between 1548 and 1550 , and served in the administrations of edward vi , mary i , and elizabeth i .
the name ascham could be more properly spelt askham , being derived from askham near york .
he was born at kirby wiske , a village in the north riding of yorkshire , near northallerton , the third son of john ascham , steward to baron scrope of bolton .
his mother , margaret , is said to have come from the conyers family , but this is speculation .
thomas and john were roger 's two older brothers , while anthony ascham was the youngest son of the ascham family .
the authority for this statement , as for most here concerning ascham 's early life , is his close friend edward grant -lrb- 1540s -- 1601 -rrb- , headmaster of the venerable and still extant royal college of st. peter at westminster -- better known as westminster school -- who collected and edited his letters and delivered a panegyrical oration on his life in 1576 .
