John Gau

John Gau^[a] (c. 1495 – 1553), Scottish translator, was born in Perth towards the close of the 15th century. He was educated in St Salvator's College, St Andrews. He appears to have been in residence in Malmö, Sweden, in 1533, perhaps as chaplain to the Scots community there. It was there that he wrote the work for which he is known, The Richt vay to the Kingdome of Heuine.^[2]

In 1536 Gau married a Malmö citizen's daughter, bearing the Christian name Birgitta. She died in 1551, and he in or about 1553.^[2]

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