Myles Coverdale (M / Britain, 1487-1569), scholar

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Myles Coverdale (c.1487-1569) was a British scholar, clergyman, and bishop of Exeter, 1551-53. Author of the first translation of the Bible in modern English, including the OT Apocrypha (the Coverdale Bible, 1535).

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Clergyman, bishop of Exeter, 1551-53. Author of the first translation of the Bible in modern English, including the OT Apocrypha—the so-called Coverdale Bible (Antwerp 1535). His translations of the Apocrypha were also included in the Matthew Bible (Antwerp 1537).

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