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John Greenwood (educator)
John Greenwood (died 1609) was an English schoolmaster. Greenwood was matriculated as a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1558; removed to Catharine Hall, of which he was afterwards fellow; proceeded B.A. in 1561–62, and commenced M.A. in 1565. He became master of Brentwood School (Essex), the grammar school at Brentwood, Essex, where he appears to have died at an advanced age in 1609. His only work is ''Syntaxis et Prosodia, versiculis compositæ'', Cambridge, 1590, 8vo. References Further reading *D. Shanahan, "Brentwood School and the Greenwood family, 1570–1645," ''Essex Recusant'', 5 (1963), 4–11. {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwood, John 16th-century births 1609 deaths 16th-century English educators 17th-century English educators Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge People from Brentwood, Essex 16th-century English writers 17th-century English writers 16th-century male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharine Hall
St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Cambridge, and lies just south of King's College and across the street from Corpus Christi College. The college is notable for its open court (rather than closed quadrangle) that faces towards Trumpington Street. St Catharine's is unique in being the only Oxbridge college founded by the serving head of another college. The college community is moderately sized, consisting of approximately 70 fellows, 150 graduate students, and 410 undergraduates. History Foundation Robert Woodlark, Provost of King’s College, had begun preparations for the founding of a new college as early as 1459 when he bought tenements on which the new college could be built. The preparation cost him a great deal of his private fortune (he was suspected of diverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
