A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Tishem, Catharine

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TISHEM, CATHARINE,

Said to have been an Englishwoman, married Gualtherus Gruter, a burgomaster of Antwerp, to whom she bare a son, James Gruter, celebrated for his erudition. Being persecuted on account of her religion, by Margaret, Duchess of Parma, she took refuge with her son in England, in 1565. She was one of the most learned women of the age; was well acquainted with the ancient and modern languages, and read Galen in Greek, which few physicians were then able to do. She was her son's chief instructor, and continued to superintend his studies during his residence in .Cambridge. She was living in 1579.