, an eminent school-master and learned man, was the son of Henry
, an eminent school-master and
learned man, was the son of Henry Dugard, a clergyman,
and born at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, Jan. 9, 1605.
He was instructed in classical learning at a school in Worcester; and from thence sent, in 162'J, to Sidney college,
Cambridge. In 1626 he took the degree of B. A. and that
of M. A. in 1630. Soon after he was appointed master of
Stamford school in Lincolnshire; from whence, in 1637,
he was elected master of the free-school in Colchester.
He resigned the care of this school Jan. 1642-3, in consequence of the ill-treatment he received at the hands of a
party in that town, to which, us well as to the school, he
had been of great service; and May 1644 was chosen head
master of Merchant Taylors’ school in London. This
school flourished exceedingly under his influence and management but for shewing, as was thought, too great an
affection to the royal cause, and especially for printing
Salmasius’s defence of Charles I. at a press in his own
house, he was deprived of it February 1650, and imprisoned in Newgate his wife and six children turned out of
doors and a printing-office, which he valued at a thousand pounds, seized .
Being soon released from this confinement, he opened,
April 1650, a private school on Peter’s Hill, London; but,
in September was restored to his former station, by means
of the same council of state who had caused him to be removed, and who, with Milton, took advantage of his distresses to force him into their service, and among other
things to print Milton’s answer to Sahaasius. There, however, he continued with great success and credit, till about
1662, when he was dismissed for breaking some orders of
the merchant tailors, though he had been publicly warned
and admonished of it before. He presented a remonstrance to them upon that occasion, but to no purpose: on.
which he opened a private school in Coleman-street, July
1661, and, by March following, had gathered a hundred
and ninety-three scholars: so great was his reputation, and
the fame of his abilities. He lived a very little while after,
dying in 1662. He gave by will several books to Sion
college library. He published some few pieces for the use
of his schools as, 1. “Lexicon Grajci Testament! alphabetieum; una cum explicaiione gramimitica vocum
singularum, in usum tironum. Necnon Concordantiil singulis dictionibus apposita, in usurn theologian candidatorum,
”
1660. 2. “Rhetorices compendium,
” Hvo. 3. “Luciani
SamosatenMS dialogorum seiectorum libri duo, cum interpretatione Latina, multis in locis emendata, et ad calcem
adjecta,
” 8vo. 4. “A Greek grammar.
”