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WILLIAM TYNDALE was the first person to translate and print the Bible in English. Under
the influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther, Tyndale translated the Bible
while espousing reforming religious ideas. Roman Catholic authorities captured him in
Antwerp (Belgium) in 1535, and he died a martyr in 1536.
This portrait hangs in Hertford College, Oxford. It may be William Tyndale, as the writing
on it and as tradition says, but the costume is badly out of period.
This portrait is reproduced by kind permission of the
President and Trustees of Hertford College, Oxford.
Contributors: Christina and Matthew DeCoursey, Shih Chien University, Kaohsiung County,
Taiwan.
We thank the University of Saskatchewan Library for technical assistance.
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