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
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 Cam ...
, of which he was afterwards fellow; proceeded B.A. in 1561–62, and commenced M.A. in 1565.
He became master of
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.
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