William Tyndale was an English Biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He translated much of the Bible into En
16th-century engraving of Tyndale
Portrait of William Tyndale (1836)
Cuthbert Tunstall (1474–1559), Bishop of Durham
The beginning of the Gospel of John, from Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
The Tyndale Bible generally refers to the body of biblical translations by the English Biblical scholar and linguist William Tyndale, made in c. 1522–1535. Tyndale's biblical text is credited with bei
William Tyndale
…scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He translated much of the Bible into English and was influenced by the works of prominent Protestant Reformers such as Martin Luther. Tyndale's translations were the first English Scriptures to…
The portrait of William Tyndale, engraved by Frans van Bleyswyck (Rijksmuseum)
A Tyndale New Testament in the British Library, London.
Portrait of Thomas More by Hans Holbein in the Frick Collection