William Tilly (phonetician)
William Tilly might refer to: * William Tilly of Selling, or William Celling (died 1494), English cleric * William Tilly (1860–1935), Australian elocutionist—see Mid-Atlantic accent {{hndis, Tilly, William ...
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William Celling
William Celling (or William Tilly of Selling) (died 1494) was an English Benedictine prior (or abbot), diplomat, and humanist scholar. Life He derived his name, according to John Leland, from the village of Celling, or Selling, some two miles from Faversham in Kent: Edward Hasted assigns him to a family settled at Selling near Hythe. He appears to have been a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury; thence he proceeded to the University of Oxford, where he became a member of the newly founded All Souls College. He was elected prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, on 10 September 1472. It was presumably subsequent to this that he made his first journey to Italy: Leland states that Celling became acquainted with Politian (born in 1454). While abroad Celling collected Latin and Greek manuscripts, and when he returned to England brought these with him. Among other works were a copy of Cicero's ''Republic'', of St. Cyril's and St. Basil's ''Commentaries on the Prophets''; and the wor ...
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