John Withals

John Withals (d. ''circa'' 1555) was an English lexicographer. Withals was born and raised in London. Originally a schoolmaster, he was a contemporary of Peter Levens and Richard Huloet.

Withals was the author of one of the first English-Latin vocabularies for children. In 1556, he published ''A Short Dictionary for Young Beginners''. Provided by Wikipedia