was william tyndale burned at the stake
Melvyn Bragg on William Tyndale: his genius matched that of Shakespeare. William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. He loaded our language with more phrases than any other writer before or since, says Melvyn Bragg. William Tyndale is burned at the stake in Belgium in 1536, from Foxe's Book of Martyrs, published in 1563. 7:00AM BST 06 Jun 2013.