Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
John de Beauchesne
Standard Name: Beauchesne, John de
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1571: John de Beauchesne published the first copybook...
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1571
John de Beauchesne
published the first copybook in English (translated from French): A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands, designed for teaching children to write.
Whyman, Susan E. The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers 1660-1800. Oxford University Press, 2009.