Tyndale, William (1494-1536)
Place of Birth: North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England
Description: Bible translator, reformer, and martyr
Education: Ordained (1521); educated at Oxford and Cambridge; outstanding Greek scholar; studied Hebrew
Influences: Works of Luther and Erasmus inspired him to provide a Bible in the people's language
Christian Work and Persecution: Printing of English NT was stopped by police in Cologne (1525) but was completed in Worms, Germany; opposed by Thomas Moore and relentlessly attacked by archbishop of Canterbury; hunted down, betrayed by his helper who pirated his work; smuggled NT into England along with his book, The Obedience of a Christian Man, and influenced English people; came out of hiding, lived in Antwerp, Belgium, and continued writing; worked as an evangelist
Martyrdom: Arrested, imprisoned, tried for heresy and treason, strangled, body burned
Writings: The Obedience of a Christian Man
Biography: R. DeMaus, William Tyndale, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1871
