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William Grocyn

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition  |  Date: 2008

William Grocyn , 1446?-1519, English humanist. An associate of John Colet and Thomas Linacre , he reputedly introduced the teaching of Greek at Oxford.

Author not available, GROCYN, WILLIAM., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

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