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Spenser (EDMUND one of the major)

EDMUND, one of the major English poets, born in London in 1552; educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. His parents were in moderate circumstances, and he owed his education to certain charitable foundations. EDMUND SPENSER His preparation for college was directed by Richard Mulcaster, one of the most famous schoolmasters of his time, who believed in educating not the mind alone, or the body alone, but "the whole man.' Spenser's knowledge of the classics was