Editing Thomas Linacre (section)

{{Short description|English humanist scholar and physician (c.1460–1524)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Thomas Linacre
| image              = Thomas Linacre 2.jpg
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| caption            = A likely portrait of Thomas Linacre
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{c.|1460}}
| birth_place        = [[Brampton, North East Derbyshire|Brampton]], [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|1524|10|20|1460}}
| death_place        = 
| nationality        = English
| other_names        = Lynaker
| known_for          = 
| occupation         = [[Renaissance humanism|humanist]] scholar, [[physician]], clergyman
}}
'''Thomas Linacre''' or '''Lynaker''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|ə|k|ər}} {{respell|LIN|ə|kər}}; {{c.|1460}}{{snd}}20 October 1524) was an English [[Renaissance humanism|humanist]] scholar, Catholic priest, and [[physician]], after whom [[Linacre College, Oxford]], and Linacre House, a boys' boarding house at [[The King's School, Canterbury]], were named.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Nutton|first=Vivian|title=Linacre, Thomas (c.1460–1524)|id=16667 |year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Linacre (boys, boarding, 1953)|url=http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31677&id=1:31668&id=1:31637|work=The King's School, Canterbury|access-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011012/http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31677&id=1:31668&id=1:31637|archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>

Linacre was more of a scholar than a scientific investigator. It is difficult to judge his practical skill in his profession, but it was highly esteemed in his own day. He took no part in political or theological questions, but his career as a scholar was characteristic of the critical period in the history of learning through which he lived.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=702}}

He was one of the first Englishmen to study [[Greek language|Greek]], in Italy, and brought back to his native country and his own university the lessons of the "[[New Learning]]". His teachers were some of the greatest scholars of the day. Among his pupils was one—[[Erasmus]]—whose name alone would suffice to preserve the memory of his instructor in Greek, and others of note in letters and politics, such as Sir [[Thomas More]], Prince Arthur, and Queen [[Mary I of England]]. [[John Colet]], [[William Grocyn]], [[William Lilye]], and other eminent scholars were his close friends, and he was esteemed by a still wider circle of literary correspondents in all parts of Europe.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=702}}