He studied rhetoric, philosophy and mathematics in Alexandria, with the intent of pursuing a judicial position like his father.

He also studied Latin, rhetoric, mathematics, philosophy, and politics.

Like his father, John was a learned man, having studied rhetoric, philosophy and medicine.

His father wished him to study rhetoric toward the practice of law.

Little is known of his time at Trinity, though he certainly studied rhetoric and dialectics under a program instituted in 1559.

Women studying rhetoric were required to do so by listening to the men debate.

Simultaneously, he studied rhetoric and wrote an essay about the development of Western writing.

He was educated in Rome, studying literature, law, and rhetoric.

He also argued that the study of natural philosophy (physics) was the best foundation for studying rhetoric or politics.

Concluding his early primary instruction, he studied latin, logic and rhetoric.