John Minsheu
John Minsheu was an English linguist and lexicographer.Biography
He was born and died in London. Little is known about his life. He published some of the earliest dictionaries and grammars of the Spanish language for speakers of English. His major work was the Ductor in linguas, an eleven-language dictionary. With his Ductor in linguas he is also one of the first known inventors of the use of subscription as a method of funding publication of a book.
He also expanded Richard Percivale's Spanish dictionary.Works
- Joyful Newes out of the Newe Founde Worlde
- Spanish Grammar
- Dictionarie in Spanish and English, an augmented version of Bibliotheca Hispanica by Richard Percyvall
- Ductor in linguas
- * including Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum copiossissimum
- Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English
