Bernard André

Biography:

Bernard André O. E. S. A. also known as Andreas was a French Augustinian friar and poet who was a noted chronicler of the reign of Henry VII of England and poet laureate. A native of Toulouse André was tutor to Prince Arthur of England and probably had a share in the education of the future King Henry VIII. He was also a tutor at Oxford and seems to have been blind. His writings are mostly in Latin and are typical of the contemporary Renaissance in thought and diction.