Colet was an English scholar, Renaissance humanist, theologian, member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Colet wanted people to see the scripture as …

John Colet (born 1467, London—died Sept. 16, 1519, Sheen, Surrey, Eng.) was a theologian and founder of St. Paul’s School, London, who, as one of the chief Tudor Humanists, promoted …

He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Colet, twice Lord Mayor of London. Having finished his schooling in London, he was sent to Oxford, but no particulars of his life there have been preserved, not even the …

The son of a London lord mayor, Colet took a master's degree from Oxford (1490) and then explored Plato, Plotinus, and Origen in Latin translation. From 1493 to 1496, he traveled in France and Italy.

As the founder of St. Paul’s school and dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Colet wrote, preached, and led other Humanists in educational, social, and religious reform.

He wrote statutes to dictate how the school should be run and remained highly influential in its early years. Colet died on 10 September 1519.

Colet, a cleric and educator, was born in London and probably attended Cambridge University before travelling to Paris and Orléans, and to Italy. About 1496 Colet began to teach in Oxford, gaining a …