John Minsheu

John Minsheu (* 1560 in London, † 1627 ) was a British linguist, Anglist, Romance, Hispanist and lexicographer.

Life and work

Minsheu (or Minshew ) was a language teacher in London. He emerged as the editor of the grammar and the dictionary of Richard Perceval. His most significant achievement is the elfsprachige dictionary Ductor in Linguas of 1617th

Works

• A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published by R. Percivale. Now Enlarged by J. Minsheu. Is hereunto Annexed to ample English Dictionarie, with the Spanish words adjoyned, London 1599, 1623; A Dictionarie in Spanish and English (London 1599). Estudio preliminar de Gloria Guerrero Ramos y Fernando Pérez Lagos, Málaga 2000
• A Spanish Grammar, first collected by R. Percivale, now augmented by J. Minsheu. Hereunto Annexed are Speeches, Phrases, and Proverbes, etc. ( Pleasant Dialogues in Spanish and English, etc. ), London 1599, 1623
• Ἡγεμων εἰς τας Γλωσσας, id est, Ductor in Linguas. The Guide into Tongues. Cum illarum harmonia, et etymologiis, Originationibus, rationibus, et Derivationibus, in his omnibus linguis undecim, viz. 1 Anglica, 2 Cambro - Britannica, 3rd Belgica, 4 Germanica, 5 Gallica 6 Italica, 7 Hispanica, 8 Lusitanica seu Portugallica, 9 Latina, Graeca 10, 11 Hebræa, London 1617, reprint New York 1978
• Vocabularium Hispanico Latinum et Anglicum copiosissimum, etc. A most copious Spanish Dictionarie, with Latine and English, ( and sometime other Languages ​​) and enlarged with divers Thousands of Words, London 1617
• Pleasant and delightfull dialogues in Spanish and English, London 1623; ed. Jesús Antonio Cid, Madrid 2001, Alcalá de Henares 2002