Tyndale is called the “Father of the English Bible” because his translation forms the basis of the King James Version. Much of the style and vocabulary we know as “biblical English” is traceable to his work. William Tyndale The Coverdale Bible is translated by Miles Coverdale (1535) and dedicated to Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry VIII’s wives. This is the first complete Bible to be printed in English. The Matthew’s Bible, translated by John Rogers under the pen name “Thomas Matthew,” is