1494: William Tyndale
William Tyndale, born around 1494 in Lollard Gloucestershire, translated the Bible into English during the Reformation and was martyred for it. He studied at Oxford…
Read moreIt was typical of the man: when the Free Church congregation at Finnieston in Glasgow opened a new building at the end of 1878, its minister Andrew Bonar had inscribed above the main door in Hebrew the words of Proverbs 11:30 ‘He that winneth souls is wise.’