Editing Schoolmaster (section)

==Origins==
The word "master" in this context translates the [[Latin]] word '''magister'''. In England, a schoolmaster was usually a university graduate, and until the 19th century, the only universities were [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. Their graduates in almost all subjects graduated as [[Bachelors of Arts]] and were then promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|Masters of Arts]] (''magister artium''), simply by seniority. The core subject in an English [[grammar school]] was Latin.<ref>''Oxford Historical Society'', Vol. 45 (1904), p. 111</ref>