Richard Sherry ( fl. 1550) was an English schoolteacher and author. [1]
Richard Sherry ( fl. 1550) was an English schoolteacher and author. [1]
He was born about 1506 in the neighbourhood of London. In 1522 he became a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. on 21 June 1527 and M.A. on 10 March 1531. In 1534 he was appointed headmaster of Magdalen College School. He held this post until 1540, when he was succeeded by Goodall. Subsequently, he established himself near London, and devoted himself to original writings and translations. He died shortly after 1555.
According to Edward Irving Carlyle writing in the Dictionary of National Biography , Richard Sherry has sometimes been identified with John Sherry (d. 1551), who was in 1541 archdeacon of Lewes and rector of Chailey in Sussex; he became precentor of St. Paul's, London, in 1543, and died in 1551.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Sherry, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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