Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (born 1488)

Myles Coverdale

English preacher and theologian (1488–1569)

Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles, was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher, hymnist and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). In 1535, Coverdale produced the first printed translation of the full Bible into Early Modern…