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Which languages did Edmund Spenser study at Merchant Taylorsâ grammar school?
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Pembroke College, Cambridge, England.
At the Merchant Taylorsâ grammar school, Edmund Spenser studied mainly Latin, alongside some Hebrew and Greek. In addition to these languages, his curriculum included the study of music.1