[MR] Wikipedia: Death of Roger Ascham

Garth Groff and Sally Sanford mallardlodge1000 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 23 02:06:51 PST 2017


Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Archers,

On this date in 1568, the educator Roger Ascham died in London. Ascham was
a Latin and Greek scholar. He served as a tutor to Princess Elizabeth, and
later served Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ascham

Ascham is best known as the author of TOXOPHILUS, the first
English-language treatise on archery. An online version can be found at
https://www.archerylibrary.com/books/toxophilus/

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge


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