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schoolmaster Alexander Hume

A Scottish schoolmaster remembered for early works on language and learning, he is linked to the High School of Edinburgh and to some of the earliest writing on Scots spelling and grammar. His surviving books show a teacher deeply interested in how language should be taught, argued over, and written down.

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Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles

Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles

by schoolmaster Alexander Hume

About the author

Alexander Hume was a Scottish schoolmaster and writer active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Records linked to his books identify him as master of the High School of Edinburgh, and later sources connect him with grammar schools at Prestonpans and Dunbar.

He is especially associated with educational and language works. Early editions and library records connect him with Grammatica Nova and with Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue, a notable early attempt to describe Scots spelling and usage for learners and schools.

Very little biographical detail seems to be firmly established online beyond his work as a teacher and author. Even so, the books that survive suggest a practical, scholarly figure: someone concerned with grammar, debate, and the everyday craft of teaching language clearly.