William Bathe was a Jesuit priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

, born in Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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Bathe was a native of Drumcondra

Drumcondra, Dublin

Drumcondra is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is administered by Dublin City Council.The River Tolka and the Royal Canal flow through the area.-History:...

 Castle

Castle

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, County Dublin

County Dublin

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, and a brother of John Bathe

John Bathe (politician)

John Bathe was a member of a famous legal dynasty and himself had a distinguished career under the Tudors, being Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas....

, an Irish representative at the Royal Court in Madrid

Madrid

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 in the early 1600's..

William was trainsed as a musicologist and linguist at Oxford

Oxford

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He taught languages in Europe and was the author of one of the world's first language teaching texts, juxtaposing words to their pictures Janua Linguarum [in English: The Door of Tongues]. It proved so popular that it was translated into nine languages within twenty years. The Czech

Czech Republic

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 educator Comenius

Comenius

John Amos Comenius ; ; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius) was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. He served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, and became a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica...

based his work Janua Linguarum Reserata on this text.

For a period of time he was Director of the Irish College in Salamanca.