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2 unusual facts about Robert Cawdrey


Robert Cawdrey

Robert Cawdrey did not go to college, but became a school teacher in Oakham, Rutland, in 1563.

With the assistance of his son Thomas Cawdrey (1575–1640), who was a school teacher in London, Robert Cawdrey decided to create an instructional text; the Table Alphabeticall, which appeared in 1604 when Cawdrey was living in Coventry.



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