About Peter Levens
Lived 1552 – 1587 (aged 34–35). Peter Levens was an English lexicographer and writer.
Peter Levens (1552-1587) was an English lexicographer. He was born in Yorkshire, and attended Magdalen College. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Oxford University.
He was a contemporary of John Withals, Richard Huloet, and John Veron. He is most famous for being the author of the Manipulus Vocabulorum.
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English lexicographer
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Peter Levens was born in 1552.
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Peter Levens died in 1587.
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Peter Levens was a lexicographer and writer.
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Peter Levens was English.
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