John Florio
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1553 – 1625
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Who was John Florio?
John Florio, known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was a linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, and a possible friend and influence on William Shakespeare. He was also the translator of Montaigne into English. He was born in London, and in 1580 he married Aline, the sister of poet Samuel Daniel. The couple had three children, Joane Florio, baptised in Oxford in 1585; Edward, in 1588 and Elizabeth, in 1589. He died in Fulham, London in 1625 in apparent poverty.
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- Born
- 1553
London - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- 1625
London
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on July 23, 2013
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