English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).

synonyms: Tindal, Tyndale, William Tindal, William Tindale, William Tyndale.

Dutch: Tyndale