John Minsheu (or Minshew) (1560 - 1627) was an English linguist and lexicographer. He was born and died in London. Little is known about his life. He published some of the earliest dictionaries and grammars of the Spanish language for speakers of English. His major work was the Ductor in linguas (Guide into tongues), an eleven-language dictionary.

Works

• Joyful Newes out of the Newe Founde Worlde (1577)
• Spanish Grammar (1599)
• Dictionarie in Spanish and English (1599 & 1623), an augmented version of Bibliotheca Hispanica (1591) by Richard Percyvall (1993 reprint: ISBN 3-89131-066-8)
• Ductor in linguas (The Guide into Tongues) (1617)
  • including Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum copiossissimum (A Most Copious Spanish Dictionarie with Latine and English)
• Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English (1623)

References

Sources

• GIGA Quotes
• Some Notes on the Life and Work of John Minsheu (1560–1627)*, Vivian Salmon, London (PDF)

External links

• Online version of Minsheu's Spanish-English dictionary at King's College, London