John Cheke
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16th-century English classical scholar and statesman
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- Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, Ex Authoritate Primum Regis Henrici 8. Inchoata
- Gospel According to Saint Matthew and Part of the First Chapter of the Gospel
- The Gospel According to Saint Matthew
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- “Our own tung should be written cleane and pure, vnmixt and vnmangled with borrowing of other tunges.”
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- 1514-06-16
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- 1557-09-13
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1514 births1557 deaths16th-century writers in LatinAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeEnglish classical scholarsEnglish-language spelling reform advocatesEnglish male writersEnglish MPs 1547–1552English MPs 1553 (Edward VI)English Renaissance humanistsKnights BachelorMarian exilesPeople from CambridgeProvosts of King's College, CambridgeRegius Professors of Greek (Cambridge)Secretaries of state of the Kingdom of England