Alexander Richardson (c1565-1613?) was an

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logician.

Life

Richardson was a Master of Arts at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

. He also tutored at George Walker's house in Barking, Essex.

Works

Richardson wrote a logic textbook in the Ramist tradition, ''The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick.: By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks.'' The book was first published in London in 1629 and enlarged in 1657.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Alexander 1565 births 1613 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge