John Greenwood (died 1609) was an English schoolmaster. Greenwood was matriculated as a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1558; removed to Catharine Hall, of which he was afterwards fellow; proceeded B.A. in 1561–62, and commenced M.A. in 1565. He became master of the grammar school at Brentwood, Essex, where he appears to have died at an advanced age in 1609. His only work is Syntaxis et Prosodia, versiculis compositæ, Cambridge, 1590, 8vo. References Further reading D. Shanahan, "Brentwood School and the Greenwood family, 1570–1645," Essex Recusant, 5 (1963), 4–11. 16th-century births 1609 deaths 16th-century English educators 17th-century English educators Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge People from Brentwood, Essex 16th-century English writers 17th-century English writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century English male writers English male writers