Robert Wydow
Robert Wydow (c. 1446 – 1505) was an English poet, church musician, and religious figure.
Born in Thaxted, Essex, he was initially educated by his stepfather, who was the local schoolmaster. By 1455 or 1456, he was studying music and Latin in the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, where he was a chorister.[1] He was admitted to Eton College as a scholar, where he studied from about 1460 to 1464, when he returned to King's College, graduating in either 1467 or 1468.[2] He followed in his stepfather's footsteps post-graduation, becoming schoolmaster for Thaxted.[1] He also tutored the sons of nobility.[3]
He came to the notice of
Wydow's contemporaries held him in high esteem as a poet and musician. Raphael Holinshed called him "an excellent poet", and John Leland described him as "easily the finest" of Latin authors of the time.[1] However, only a few lines of his poetry survive.[3]
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required). Oxford University Press. Retrieved on May 20, 2008.
- ^ "Wedow, Robert (WDW464R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d Bowers, Roger. "Wydow [Widowe, Viduus], Robert". Grove Music Online Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription required). ed. L. Macy. Retrieved on May 21, 2008.
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