Rare Scholar, A – The Life and Work of William Salesbury

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The biography of William Salesbury (c.1520-c.1584), a gifted linguist, scholar and lawyer who dedicated (and risked) his life to bring to his people the learning and benefits of the Humanist revolution. He was the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.

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Bywgraffiad William Salesbury (c.1520-c.1584), ieithydd dawnus, ysgolhaig a chyfreithiwr a gysegrodd ei fywyd i ddwyn manteision y Dadeni Dysg i’w genedl. Ef oedd prif gyfieithydd y Testament Newydd i’r Gymraeg yn 1567.
The biography of William Salesbury (c.1520-c.1584), a gifted linguist, scholar and lawyer who dedicated (and risked) his life to bring to his people the learning and benefits of the Humanist revolution. He was the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.