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'''Sir Thomas Elyot''' (c. 14901496{{snd}}26 March 1546) was an [[England|English]] [[diplomat]] and scholar. He is best known as one of the first proponents of the use of the English language for literary purposes.

Thomas was the child of Sir [[Richard Elyot]]'s first marriage with Alice De la Mare, but neither the date nor place of his birth is accurately known. Alice's first husband Thomas Daubridgecourt had died 10 Oct 1495 so this next marriage has to follow that date.

[[Anthony Wood (antiquary)|Anthony Wood]] claimed him as an alumnus of [[St Mary Hall, Oxford]], while [[Charles Henry Cooper|C. H. Cooper]] in the ''Athenae Cantabrigienses'' put in a claim for [[Jesus College, Cambridge]].<ref>Cooper is followed by {{acad|id=ELT507T|name=Elyot, Thomas}}</ref> Elyot himself says in the preface to his ''Dictionary'' that he was educated under the paternal roof, and was from the age of twelve his own tutor. He supplies, in the introduction to his ''Castell of Helth'', a list of the authors he had read in [[philosophy]] and [[medicine]], adding that a "worshipful physician" ([[Thomas Linacre]]) read to him from [[Claudius Galen|Galen]] and some other authors.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}