so popular that it was translated into nine languages within twenty years. The Czech educator Comenius based his work Janua linguarum reserata on this text. For a period of time he was director of the Irish College in Salamanca. He should not be confused with his cousin Sir William Bathe of Athcarne Castle (died 1597), who was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). References Bibliography Pulver, Jeffrey, "The English Theorists 10: William Bathe", in: The Musical Times vol. 75 (1934), pp. 900–902. Rainbow, Bernarr, Bathe and his Introductions to Musicke", in: The Musical Times vol. 123 (1982), pp. 243–247. Nixon, Paul J., "William Bathe and His Times", in: The Musical Times vol. 124 (1983), pp. 101–102. Ó Mathúna, Seán P., William Bathe, S.J., 1564–1614. A Pioneer in Linguistics (Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1986). Karnes, Kevin C. (ed.), A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Song by William Bathe'' (London and New York: Routledge, 2005). 1564 births 1614 deaths 16th-century Anglo-Irish people 16th-century Irish Jesuits 17th-century Irish Jesuits Alumni of the University of Oxford Irish musicologists Irish writers Linguists from Ireland People from Drumcondra, Dublin