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Craig, John
(Encyclopedia)Craig, John, 1512?–1600, Scottish minister of the Reformation. He joined the Dominican order, but through reading the Institutes of Calvin, he adopted Protestantism. Imprisoned at Rome for heresy, h...Palsgrave, John
(Encyclopedia)Palsgrave, John pălzˈgrāv, pôlzˈ– [key], d. 1554, English scholar, educated at Oxford and at the Univ. of Paris. Palsgrave was tutor to Henry VIII's daughter Mary (later Mary I), who used her i...Ruysbroeck, John
(Encyclopedia)Ruysbroeck, John, Dutch Jan van Ruusbroec yän vän roisˈbro͞ok [key], 1293–1381, Roman Catholic mystic, b. Brabant (now in Belgium and the Netherlands). He was an Augustinian canon. In middle age...Lesley, John
(Encyclopedia)Lesley, John: see Leslie, John.Leyland, John
(Encyclopedia)Leyland, John: see Leland, John.Lilly, John
(Encyclopedia)Lilly, John: see Lyly, John.Reynolds, John
(Encyclopedia)Reynolds, John: see Rainolds, John. ...Davys, John
(Encyclopedia)Davys, John: see Davis, John.Endicott, John
(Encyclopedia)Endicott, John: see Endecott, John. ...Fryth, John
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