Linaere,

Linaere, or LYNAKER, THOMAS, physician and scholar, was born at Canterbury about 1460, studied at Oxford, and was elected Fellow of All-Souls' College in 1484. Shortly afterwards he went to Italy, where he learned Greek from Chalcondylas and studied under Politian; he graduated in medicine at Padua. About 1501 Henry VII. made him tutor to Prince Arthur and king's physician. This latter office he continued to fill during the reign of Henry VIII. At the same time he practised in London; he also founded the Royal College of Physicians. Late in life he entered the church and held several benefices. He died 20th October 1524. Linaere was one of the earliest champions in England of the New Learning. He translated several of the works of Galen into Latin that was praised for its elegance and purity, and wrote some grammatical treatises—the most important, De Emendata Structura Latini Sermonis (1524). See Life by Dr Noble Johnson (1835).