Roger Ascham Quotes


Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.


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Roger Ascham, 1515-1568, English scholar and tutor to the princess who became Queen Elizabeth I, The Scholemaster, 1570

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Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham
  • Born:
  • Died: December 30, 1568
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Scholar, Didactic Writer

Roger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He served in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, having earlier acted as Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550.