John Cheke
16th-century English classical scholar and statesman · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1514 to 1557 · aged 43
Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman. One of the foremost teachers of his age, and the first Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, he played a great part in the revival of Greek learning in England.
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Mottistone Manor, the Cheke family seat on the Isle of Wight
John Cheke inscribed the names on a famous series of portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger.
King Edward VI by William Scrots, Royal Collection, Windsor
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Part of King's College as it appeared in 1690.
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He was tutor to Prince Edward, the future King Edward VI, and also sometimes to Princess Elizabeth. Of strongly Reformist sympathy in religious affairs, his public career as provost of King's College, Cambridge, Member of Parliament and briefly as Secretary of State during King Edward's reign was brought to a close by the accession of Queen Mary in 1553. He went into voluntary exile abroad, at first under royal licence. He was captured and imprisoned in 1556, and recanted his faith to avoid death by burning. He died not long afterward, reportedly regretting his decision.
