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Clement, or Clements, John (d. 1572): b. Yorkshire?; d. Mechlin, 1 July, 1572; bur. Cathedral, Mechlin. M.D. Oxon; Prof, of Greek; F.E.C.P., 1528; President, 1544. Tutor to Sir Thomas More's children. "The best botanist and herbalist of us all," Sir T. Moore. Jacks, xxx.; Munk, i. 27; Wood, Athen. Oxon. i. 401; Gardiner, Admission registers St. Paul's School, 19; Gard. Chron. 1872, 706; Pl. Midd. (interl.), 392; Dict. Nat. Biog. xi. 33.
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