• I was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1494.
  • A gifted linguist and scholar, I became a chaplain and tutor. Influenced by the reformation, I developed increasingly radical religious views.
  • I sought to translate the new testament into English, something never previously attempted. I received little support and instead moved to Europe to carry out my work.
  • My first English translation was published in 1525, and by 1526 copies had been smuggled into England. They were denounced as heretical and publicly burnt.
  •  In 1535 I was seized, accused of heresy, imprisoned and executed. My work became the basis of later English translations of the Bible, including the King James version.

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