William Tyndale

@Intellectuals & Academics, Career and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ William Tyndale was an English scholar and theologian who is most celebrated for his work of translating the Bible in English Execution British Intellectuals & Academics Theologians William Tyndale was an English scholar and theologian who is most celebrated for his work of translating the Bible in English. A gifted linguist, his work was praised after his death and formed a vital part of later Bible translations. Born in England, Tyndale was educated at Oxford and Cambridge University where he became a strong supporter of church reform. He firmly believed that people should be able to read the Bible in their own language and was keen on translating it in English. He was ordained as a priest and became a chaplain but his controversial opinions began alarming the church authorities. Subsequently, Tyndale moved to London and later to Germany, with the intention of translating the New Testament into English, an act that was strictly banned. After his English New Testament was completed and printed, its copies were smuggled into England and denounced by the Roman Catholic authorities. Tyndale was accused of heresy and thereafter, he went into hiding for few years. Later, he moved to Belgium where he was arrested by the imperial authorities. He was convicted of heresy and sentenced to death by being strangled and burned at the stake. Within few years of his execution, King Henry VIII published the English ‘Great Bible’ based on Tyndale’s work. His phenomenal work formed the basis of all subsequent English translations of the Bible and profoundly affected the development of the English language

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Birthday: 1494 Died on: October 6, 15361494 Nationality: British Famous: Intellectuals & Academics, Theologians Known as: William Tindall, William Tynsdale, William Tindill, William Tyndall Universities: University of Cambridge University of Oxford Magdalen College Oxford Hertford College Oxford Cause of death: Execution Information Detail Birthday 1494 Died on October 6, 15361494 Nationality British Famous Intellectuals & Academics, Theologians Known as William Tindall, William Tynsdale, William Tindill, William Tyndall Universities University of Cambridge University of Oxford Magdalen College Oxford Hertford College Oxford Cause of death Execution Birth Place North Nibley Gender Male Born in North Nibley Famous as Theologian Died at Age 42

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After several years of hiding, Tyndale was betrayed by his friend, Henry Philips, and handed over to the imperial authorities in Belgium in 1535. Subsequently, he was convicted on a charge of heresy and his body was burnt at the stake on October 6, 1536, near Brussels, Brabant. Unsplash Personal Life

With his translation of the Bible the first to be printed in English, Tyndale’s remarkable work became the basis for most of the subsequent English translations. Unsplash Personal Life

William Tyndale was born around 1494 in Melksham Court, Stinchcombe, a village near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. His family also went by the name Hychyns and may have migrated to Gloucestershire during the ‘War of the Roses’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1506, William was enrolled at Magdalen College School at the Oxford University and completed his B.A. in 1512. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After obtaining his Master of Arts degree in 1515, Tyndale studied theology and subsequently became fluent in several languages including French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

While studying theology, he often criticized the idea that one had to study so long before actually being allowed to study the Bible. During his college years, he also sought to create Bible study groups with friends having similar interest. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Between 1517 and 1521, he went to the University of Cambridge and served as professor of Greek. While at Cambridge, he became further convinced that the Bible alone should determine the practices and doctrines of the church, and that every follower should be able to read the Bible in his own language. Unsplash Later Years

Tyndale was quite keen to translate the New Testament into English as he believed this would help common public understand scripture directly without the filter of the church. He also claimed that the Bible did not support the church’s view that they were the body of Christ on earth. Unsplash Later Years

In 1521, he left Cambridge and became the chaplain at the home of Sir John Walsh, at Little Sodbury. Shortly after, he was criticized by fellow churchmen for his radical viewpoints and therefore in 1523, he left for London in the hope of translating the Bible into English. Unsplash Later Years

In London, he was unable to obtain approval to translate the Bible into English and the church authorities in England prevented him from doing so. For the next couple of months, Tyndale preached in London while receiving financial support from a wealthy London cloth merchant, Humphrey Monmouth. Unsplash Later Years

After struggling to receive any support or assistance to fulfill his objective, he left England and went to Germany in 1524. In Germany, after short stopovers in Hamburg and Wittenberg, he finally settled down at Cologne. Unsplash Later Years

William Tyndale is most remembered for his greatest work of translating the Bible into English language so as to enable the common public to read the Holy Scriptures. While performing the translation, he also introduced new phrases and words into the English translations which proved to be quite popular. His work later formed the major part of important Bible translations, most notably the Authorized Version, or King James Bible. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	1494
Died on	October 6, 15361494
Nationality	British
Famous	Intellectuals & Academics, Theologians
Known as	William Tindall, William Tynsdale, William Tindill, William Tyndall
Universities	University of Cambridge University of Oxford Magdalen College Oxford Hertford College Oxford
Cause of death	Execution
Birth Place	North Nibley
Gender	Male
Born in	North Nibley
Famous as	Theologian
Died at Age	42

William Tyndale

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1494

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