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William Salesbury

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Welsh scholar (1520-1584)

WritersLived 1520 to 1584 · aged 64
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William Salesbury, also Salusbury, was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.

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Statue of William Salesbury on the Translators' Memorial in the churchyard of St Asaph CathedralStatue of William Salesbury on the Translators' Memorial in the churchyard of St Asaph Cathedral

Writers born in the 1520s 6

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Lived 1520 to 1584 · aged 64
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