Editing Roger Ascham (section)

{{short description|English scholar and didactic writer (1515-1568)}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person 
|name = Roger Ascham 
|image = Roger Ascham - Project Gutenberg eText 12788.png 
|caption = Sketch of Ascham 
|birth_date  = {{circa|1515}} 
|birth_place = [[Kirby Wiske]], Yorkshire, England 
|death_date  = 30 December 1568 (aged 52–53) 
|death_place = London, England 
|alma_mater  = [[St John's College, Cambridge]]
|occupation  = Scholar, didactic writer 
|notable_works = ''The Scholemaster''
}}

'''Roger Ascham''' ({{IPAc-en|'|æ|s|k|ə|m}}; {{circa|1515}}{{snd}}30 December 1568)<ref name=Brit>"Ascham, Roger" in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|The New Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Chicago: [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]], 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 617.</ref> was an English scholar and [[didacticism|didactic]] writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education.  He served in the administrations of [[Edward VI]], [[Mary I]], and [[Elizabeth I]], having earlier acted as Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550.