- John Minsheu
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John Minsheu (or Minshew) (1560–1627) was an English linguist and lexicographer. He was born and died in London. Little is known about his life. He published some of the earliest dictionaries and grammars of the Spanish language for speakers of English. His major work was the Ductor in linguas (Guide into tongues), an eleven-language dictionary.[1] With his Ductor in linguas he is also one of the first known inventors of the use of subscription as a method of funding publication of a book.[2]
Contents
Works
- Joyful Newes out of the Newe Founde Worlde (1577)
- Spanish Grammar (1599)
- Dictionarie in Spanish and English (1599 & 1623), an augmented version of Bibliotheca Hispanica (1591) by Richard Percyvall (1993 reprint: ISBN 3-89131-066-8)
- Ductor in linguas (The Guide into Tongues) (1617)
- including Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum copiossissimum (A Most Copious Spanish Dictionarie with Latine and English)
- Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English (1623)
References
Sources
- Jürgen Schäfer, John Minsheu: Scholar or Charlatan?, in Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring, 1973), pp. 23-35.
- GIGA Quotes
- Some Notes on the Life and Work of John Minsheu (1560–1627)*, Vivian Salmon, London (PDF)
External links
Categories:- 1560 births
- 1627 deaths
- People from London
- English lexicographers
- People of the Tudor period
- English linguists
- English academic biography stubs
- Linguist stubs
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