John Florio

John Florio (1553–1625), known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was a linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, and a possible friend and influence on William Shakespeare. He was also the translator of Montaigne into English.

Read more about John Florio:  Michelangelo Florio, Exile of The Family, Work in England, Shakespeare Authorship Theory

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or florio:

    “Mrs. John Lyford is so much pleased with the state of
    widowhood as to be going to put in for being a widow again; she
    is to marry a Mr. Fendall.”
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    “England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.”
    —John Florio (c. 1553–1625)