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David Daniell (born 17 February 1929) is an English literary scholar and editor of specialist books, mainly about William Tyndale and his translations of the Bible. He was formerly Professor of English at University College London and has published a number of studies of the plays of Shakespeare. He also founded the Tyndale Society. He coined the widely repeated phrase explaining the importance of the sixteenth-century English Bible translator to the greatest playwright in the English language: "No Tyndale, No Shakespeare." ==Life== He is the son of the Revd Eric Daniell and his wife Betty and was educated at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Darlington. Later, he studied in Oxford (St Catherine's College) and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1952; and Master of Arts in 1954, having studied English Language and Literature. In 1954 he gained a B.A. degree in Theology. He read English and later Theology at Oxford. He studied 1954–55 at the University of Tübingen and there he received his postgraduate degree. In 1972 he received his PhD from the University of London, for his Shakespeare studies. In the year 1979, Daniell accompanied the Royal Shakespeare Company on a six-week tour of European cities.〔.〕 In 1980 and 1982 David Daniell published two volumes of ''The Best Short Stories of John Buchan''; in 1989, William Tyndale's New Testament, and in 1992 William Tyndale's Old Testament.〔 In 1994 he published his biography of William Tyndale and one year later (January 1995) the Tyndale Society was founded at a meeting in the British Library. David Daniell was the first chairman and his successor was Mary Clow. Today, the Tyndale Society has about hundred members worldwide.〔 1998 he published the Arden Third Series edition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. His book about the history of the English Bible (''The Bible in English: History and Influence'') appeared in 2003. In 1994, David Daniell was appointed to a Professor of English at University College London, where he is now an emeritus professor.〔.〕 He is an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford and of St Catherine's College, Oxford. He is an honorary member of the Senior Common Room at Magdalen College, Oxford.〔 He has had over 50 radio and TV broadcasts about his work. He married Dorothy Mary Wells in 1956 and they have two sons; his son Christopher has two sons too.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Daniell (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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