Harmworth`s Universal Encyclopedia 1940s.
Bible - William Tyndale working at the translation of the Bible which was so effective in establishing the Reformation in England. After the painting by W. B. Johnstone.
William Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known as a translator of the Bible into English, influenced by the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther. William Tyndale 1494 - 1536, who first translated the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew text. 15th century.
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