{{short description|English lexicographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{one source|date=January 2017}}
'''Peter Levens''' (1552-1587) was an English lexicographer. He was born in Yorkshire,<ref name="DNB">{{Cite DNB|wstitle= Levens, Peter |volume= 33 |last= Bayne |first= Ronald |author-link= |page= 136-137 |year= |short=1}}</ref> and attended Magdalen College.<ref name="DNB"/> He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Oxford University.<ref name="DNB"/>
He was a contemporary of John Withals, Richard Huloet, and John Veron.<ref name="DNB"/> He is most famous for being the author of the'' Manipulus Vocabulorum''.<ref name="DNB"/>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Levens}} * {{Official website|http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp88130/peter-levens}} * {{Official website|http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/16/101016529/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Levens, Peter}} Category:16th-century English writers Category:English lexicographers Category:1552 births Category:1587 deaths