William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536) was a talented English linguist, scholar and priest who was the first to translate the Bible into English. Tyndale objected to the Catholic Church’s control of scripture in Latin and the prohibition against an English translation. His work formed the basis of all other English translations of the Bible up through the modern era.
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c. 1494 - 1536Life of linguist, scholar, and Reformer William Tyndale, the first to translate the Bible into English.
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1506 - 1515Tyndale enrolled at Oxford University, earning his BA and MA and being ordained as a priest.
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1521Tyndale is tutor to the children of Sir John Walsh.
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c. 1522Tyndale embraces the concepts of Martin Luther's Reformation.
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1525 - 1526Tyndale translates the New Testament into English and publishes it in Germany, smuggling copies into England.
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1530Tyndale publishes his The Practice of Prelates, condemning Henry VIII's attempt to annul his marriage.
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1534Tyndale revises his translation of the New Testament, works on translating Old Testament.
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1535William Tyndale is betrayed by his friend Henry Phillips and imprisoned.
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1536Tyndale is convicted of heresy and executed by strangulation; his body is then burned at the stake.
