Anthony Ascham (astrologer)

"Anthony Askham" redirects here. For the 17th century politician, see Anthony Ascham.

Anthony Ascham (fl. 1553), was an English astrologer.

He was born at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, the third son of John Ascham (d. 1544) of Kirby Wiske, who was a yeoman farmer and steward to Lord Scrope of Bolton, and his wife, Margaret.[1] Ascham studied at Cambridge, became M.B. in 1540, and in 1553 was presented by Edward VI to the vicarage of Burneston, Yorkshire. He is probably to be identified with Anthony, the brother of Roger Ascham (cf. Grant's Vita Axchami in Ascham's Works, ed. Giles, iv. 307).

Works

Ascham is also the suggested author, by some researchers, of the Voynich manuscript.[2]

References

  1. Bernard Capp, ‘Askham , Anthony (c. 1517–1559)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 August 2011
  2. D'Imperio, M.E. (1978). "The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma" (pdf). National Security Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

 "Ascham, Anthony". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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