The first Bible ever translated into the English language was handwritten. It was the genius of John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384), the Oxford professor that earned the famed title, "Morning Star of the Reformation." It was a translation from the Latin Vulgate.

William Tyndale (1494–1536), affectionately called the "Apostle of England" by John Foxe, was the first to translate into English from the Greek New Testament. His was the first English Bible to be printed on a printing press.