| LC control no. | nr 93007763 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Minsheu, John |
| Variant(s) | Minsheu, Iohn Minshæus, Iohannes Minsheu, John, fl. 1617 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Cambridge (England) Oxford (England) |
| Birth date | [1559,1560] |
| Death date | 1627-04 |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Lexicography Language and languages |
| Profession or occupation | Lexicographers Language teachers |
| Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL. |
| Found in | Perceval, R. A Spanish grammar, first collected and published by Richard Perciuale Gent., 1599: t.p. (Iohn Minsheu professor of languages in London) DNB (Minsheu, John, fl. 1617; lexicographer) LC in RLIN, 03-02-93 (hdg.: Minsheu, John, fl. 1617) Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 15 November 2016 (Minsheu, John (1559 or 1560-1627), lexicographer; having settled in London as a language teacher, Minsheu compiled a 'Dictionarie in Spanish and English' (1599), which was published together with a Spanish grammar and dialogues; he spent some time in Cambridge and at the end of July 1610, he moved with his assistants to Oxford, where he intended to complete the editing of an etymological dictionary; later in 1610 Minsheu returned to London and in 1617 he finally saw his etymological dictionary 'Glosson etymologicon' in print; in 1627 Minsheu, aged sixty-seven and suffering from deafness, died; he was buried at All Hallows, London Wall, on 12 April) |
| Associated language | eng lat |
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