John Holt
English schoolmaster and grammarian
About John Holt
Lived 1401 – 1504 (aged 102–103). John Holt was an English and British schoolmaster and grammarian.
John Holt (died 1504) of Chichester, Sussex, was an English educator to the future Henry VIII of England. He was a close friend of Thomas More and wrote a schoolboy textbook on Latin grammar. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.
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English schoolmaster and grammarian
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John Holt was born in 1401.
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John Holt died in 1504.
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John Holt was a schoolmaster and grammarian.
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John Holt was English and British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Holt. https://biography.guide/john-holt-schoolmaster/
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