Myles Coverdale

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Bible translator English reformer Protestant reformer person

Myles Coverdale was a 16th-century English Bible translator and reformer best known for producing the first complete printed English Bible.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Miles Coverdale 2
Myles Coverdale’s Apocrypha translation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translator ⓘ
English reformer ⓘ
Protestant reformer ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocated translation of the Bible into English ⓘ
appointedAs Bishop of Exeter ⓘ
appointmentYearAsBishopOfExeter 1551 ⓘ
associatedWith English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ
surface form: English Reformation

Henry VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
William Tyndale ⓘ
birthYear c. 1488 ⓘ
contributedTo development of Early Modern English biblical style ⓘ
deathYear 1569 ⓘ
education studied at Cambridge University ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
exile lived in exile on the Continent during periods of persecution ⓘ
field Christian theology ⓘ
biblical translation ⓘ
influenced later English Bible translations ⓘ
knownFor Coverdale Bible ⓘ
producing the first complete printed English Bible ⓘ
language English ⓘ
monarchDuringAppointmentAsBishopOfExeter Edward VI of England ⓘ
surface form: Edward VI
name Myles Coverdale self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Coverdale Bible ⓘ
Great Bible ⓘ
occupation Bible translator ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
placeOfActivity England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
position Bishop of Exeter ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism

Protestantism ⓘ
roleInWork editor of the Great Bible ⓘ
supported Protestant vernacular Scripture ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage German ⓘ
Greek (indirectly via other versions) ⓘ
Hebrew (indirectly via other versions) ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
usedSources German Bible translations of Martin Luther ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form: Latin Vulgate

William Tyndale’s New Testament translation ⓘ
Tyndale Bible ⓘ
surface form: William Tyndale’s Pentateuch translation

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Matthew Bible → basedOnWorkOf → Myles Coverdale ⓘ
William Tyndale → influenced → Myles Coverdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miles Coverdale
Myles Coverdale → name → Myles Coverdale self-link ⓘ
The Blithedale Romance → narrator → Myles Coverdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miles Coverdale
Matthew Bible → textSourceApocrypha → Myles Coverdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myles Coverdale’s Apocrypha translation