# Peter Levens

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{{short description|English lexicographer}}
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'''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](/source/John_Withals), [Richard Huloet](/source/Richard_Huloet), and John Veron.<ref name="DNB"/> He is most famous for being the author of the'' [Manipulus Vocabulorum](/source/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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Category:16th-century English writers
Category:English lexicographers
Category:1552 births
Category:1587 deaths

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