John Withals
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John Withals (d. circa 1555)[1] was an English lexicographer. Withals was born and raised in London. Originally a schoolmaster,[2] he was a contemporary of Peter Levens and Richard Huloet.
Withals was the author of one of the first English-Latin vocabularies for children.[2] In 1556, he published A Short Dictionary for Young Beginners.[3]