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Roger Ascham was a key English Renaissance humanist and educational reformer during the Age of Revival (1400-1550 AD). His major contributions include defending the use of English prose in scholarly work in Toxophilus and advocating for humane teaching methods, including the 'double translation' technique, in his posthumous work The Scholemaster. As tutor to Princess Elizabeth and a resilient Latin Secretary, he directly and indirectly shaped the intellectual landscape of Tudor England.