a linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, and a possible friend and influence on William Shakespeare.[1] He was also the first translator of Montaigne into English. He was born in London, and in 1580 he married the sister of poet Samuel Daniel. The couple had three children, Joane Florio, baptised in Oxford in 1585; Edward, in 1588 and Elizabeth, in 1589. He died in Fulham, London in 1625. John Florio considered the English uncouth and barbaric and set about teaching the Protestant aristocrats European manners, linguistic skills and polished expressions.
