Floruit ( / ˈ f l ɔːr u . ɪ t / ; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor. ; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished.
4-563: Richard Sherry ( fl. 1550) was an English schoolteacher and author. He was born about 1506 in the neighbourhood of London. In 1522 he became a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford , and graduated B.A. on 21 June 1527 and M.A. on 10 March 1531. In 1534 he was appointed headmaster of Magdalen College School . He held this post until 1540, when he was succeeded by Goodall. Subsequently, he established himself near London, and devoted himself to original writings and translations. He died shortly after 1555. According to Edward Irving Carlyle writing in
8-455: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Floruit Latin : flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb flōreō , flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs , flōris , "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often
12-445: Is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204 and 1229, as well as a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)", even though Jones was born before 1197 and died possibly after 1229. The term
16-617: The Dictionary of National Biography , Richard Sherry has sometimes been identified with John Sherry ( d . 1551), who was in 1541 archdeacon of Lewes and rector of Chailey in Sussex ; he became precentor of St. Paul's, London, in 1543, and died in 1551. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : " Sherry, Richard ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. This English biographical article
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