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John Wycliffe (c. 1324–1384)
Wyclif, Wickliffe or Wiclif, John. Born near Richmond, England, probably some years before 1324; died on Dec. 31, 1384. His great work was the translation, with the help of his pupils, of the entire Bible into English (1382). Some of his writings, edited by different hands, have been issued from 1840 to 1880; as: ‘Last Age of the Church’; ‘Apology for Lollard Doctrines’; ‘Three Treatises (1) of the Church and her members; (2) of the Apostacy of the Church; (3) of Antichrist and his Maynee’; ‘English Tracts and Treatises,’ with ‘Selections and Translations from his Latin Works’; ‘Select English Works,’ including many sermons (3 vols.); ‘English Works Hitherto Unpublished,’ issued in 1880. Many of his Latin writings remain unpublished. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).