biography
| name: |
Florio, John
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also called Giovanni Florio
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pronunciation:
[flawrioh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1533–1625)
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| biography:
| Lexicographer and translator, born in London, UK. About 1576 he was a tutor in foreign languages at Oxford, and in 1578 published his First Fruits, accompanied by A Perfect Induction to the Italian and English Tongues. His next work was Second Fruits, with 6000 Italian proverbs (1591). His Italian and English dictionary, entitled A World of Words, was published in 1598. In 1603 he was appointed reader in Italian to Queen Anne, and in 1604 groom of the privy-chamber. His famous translation of Montaigne (1603) has appeared in several modern editions. |
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