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First printed bible in English

James Nicholson, a printer residing at St Thomas' Hospital was granted a license by Henry VIII to print the New Testament in Latin and in English and it was printed in 1537. However it's not clear to us that this was the first bible printed in English since, we've read, that the Coverdale Bible (with both Testaments) was printed in 1535 somewhere on mainland Europe (Antwerp, Zurich, Cologne or Marburg). It's a complicated story since Tyndall (who is credited with the English translation) went to Germany and worked with Coverdale. Our picture is of Matthew's Bible also printed in 1537 (we told you it was complicated).

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First printed bible in English

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St Thomas' Hospital and bible

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St Bride Foundation Institute

St Bride Foundation Institute

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Lord Alfred Douglas

Lord Alfred Douglas

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Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones

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Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA

2 memorials
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, USA

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William Caxton

William Caxton

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Person, Craft / Design, Journalism / Publishing

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Bolton House / 71 Russell Square

Bolton House / 71 Russell Square

UCL has an extremely helpful page on Bolton House: Built in 1759 for Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-71) as Baltimore House and in 1770 leased by the Duke of Bolton when it changed its...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Thomas Sydenham
1 memorial