William Tindal
       n : 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) [syn: Tyndale,
            William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal]