Education
A Catholic, he graduated Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy, perhaps at Padua.
A Catholic, he graduated Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy, perhaps at Padua.
He is now remembered for his views on language teaching, which were based on minimal instruction in grammar, against the contemporary fashion. Before 1622 he returned to England, and in 1623 was residing in the Old Bailey. John Gee, in his Foot out of the Snare, describes him as there and taking pupils.
Through Samuel Hartlib Webbe corresponded in 1629 with another innovator, William Brookes.