Author:John Cheke

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John Cheke
(1514–1557)

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Tutor to Edward VI, secretary of state, and one of the principal restorers of Greek learning in England,

Works

D. Joannis Chrysostomi homiliæ dusæ, Gr. et Lat. nunc primum in lucem editæ et ad sereniss. Angliæ regem Latine factæ (1543)

An English translation of one of these homilies and of a discourse upon Job and Abraham, by Sir Thomas Chaloner (1544)

D. Johannis Chrysostomi de providentia Dei ac de Fato Orationes sex (1545)
Hurt of Sedition how greueous it is to a Communewelth (1549)
Preface to the New Testament in Englishe after the Greeke translation, annexed with the translation of Erasmus in Latin (1550}
De obitu doctissimi et sanctissimi theologi Domini Martini Buceri epistolae duæ (1551)
Epitaphium in Anton. Denneium clarissimum virum (1551)
Defensio verae et catholicæ doctrinæ de sacramento corporis et sanguinis Christi (1553)
Leo de Apparatu Bellico (1554)
De pronuntiatione Graecæ potissimum linguæ Disputationes cum Stephano Wintoniensi episcopo, septem contrariis epistolis comprehensæ, magna quadam et elegantia et eruditione refertæ (1555)
The Gospel according to St. Matthew, and part of the first chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, translated into English from the Greek, with original notes (1843)
De Superstitione ad regem Henricum, manuscript in the library of University College, Oxford.

An English translation by William Elstob is appended to John Strype's 'Life of Cheke.'

Works about Cheke

"Cheke, John," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Cheke, Sir John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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