William Tyndale

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William Tyndale was a 16th-century English scholar and Reformation leader best known for translating the Bible into English from the original languages, a work that profoundly shaped later English Bibles and the English language itself.

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instanceOf Bible translator
English scholar
Reformation leader
human
theologian
associatedWith Protestant Christianity
surface form: English Protestantism

Lollardy
burialPlace near Vilvoorde Castle
causeOfDeath burning at the stake
strangling
charges heresy
commemoratedIn Church of England liturgical calendar
surface form: Church of England calendar

Lutheran liturgical calendars
countryOfBirth Kingdom of England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
countryOfDeath Habsburg Netherlands
dateOfBirth c. 1494
dateOfDeath 1536
doctrineOrTheory justification by faith
sola scriptura
educatedAt Magdalen Hall, Oxford
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
era 16th century
Early Modern period
ethnicGroup English
familyName Tyndale
fieldOfWork biblical translation
religious reform
theology
givenName William
hasOccupation clergyman
priest
translator
writer
influenced English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: English Reformation

English language
King James Version
surface form: King James Version of the Bible

Myles Coverdale
surface form: Miles Coverdale
influencedBy Desiderius Erasmus
Martin Luther
languageSpoken English
Greek
Hebrew
Latin
mannerOfDeath execution
movement Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
name William Tyndale self-link
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent completion of English New Testament translation in 1525
smuggling of English New Testaments into England
notableFor contribution to Early Modern English
first printed English translation of the New Testament from Greek
influence on later English Bible translations
notableWork English translation of parts of the Old Testament
English translation of the New Testament
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The Parable of the Wicked Mammon
The Practice of Prelates
Tyndale Bible
opposedBy English ecclesiastical authorities
Henry VIII of England
Thomas More
placeOfBirth near Dursley, Gloucestershire
placeOfDeath Vilvoorde
printedBy Johann Hohenstein NERFINISHED
Peter Quentel
Worms printers
religion Christianity
Protestantism
sexOrGender male
translatedFromLanguage Greek
Hebrew
translatedIntoLanguage English
workLocation Antwerp
Habsburg Netherlands
London, England
surface form: London

University of Wittenberg
surface form: Wittenberg

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Anne Boleyn associatedWith William Tyndale
this entity surface form: William Tyndale's writings
Myles Coverdale associatedWith William Tyndale
Matthew Bible basedOnWorkOf William Tyndale
Tyndale Bible hasAuthor William Tyndale
Protestant Christianity hasKeyFigure William Tyndale
William Tyndale name William Tyndale self-link
Tyndale House Publishers namedAfter William Tyndale
Tyndale Bible translator William Tyndale