John Cheke Jr.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Edward_VI
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:The_University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:The_Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkb:The_Tudor_court
The Protestant Reformation
The English Reformation
Humanist movement
gptkbp:birthDate 1514
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Cheke_III
gptkbp:contribution Educational reform
Promotion of classical education
gptkbp:deathDate 1557
gptkbp:field Education
Humanism
Classical studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Cheke Jr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Roger_Ascham
gptkb:John_Foxe
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:Thomas_More
gptkb:Henry_VIII
gptkb:William_Cecil
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Thomas_Smith
gptkb:Richard_Hooker
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Erasmus
gptkbp:knownFor Advocating for the study of classical texts
His educational reforms in the 16th century
Advocating_for_the_English_language_in_education
His_advocacy_for_the_Greek_language_in_England
His_contributions_to_Renaissance_humanism.
His_writings_on_Greek_pronunciation
Promoting_the_study_of_Greek_language
Teaching_Greek_to_the_English_nobility
His_role_in_the_establishment_of_the_Greek_language_in_England
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
Greek
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork Latin Grammar
gptkbp:occupation Scholar
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Regius_Professor_of_Greek
gptkbp:spouse Margaret_Cheke
gptkbp:wrote De Linguae Anglicanae Institutione
De Pronunciatione Greca
The First Book of the English Grammar