David John Daniell (17 February 1929 – 1 June 2016) was an English literary scholar who became Professor of English at

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. He was founder of the Tyndale Society, a specialist in

William Tyndale William Tyndale (; sometimes spelled ''Tynsdale'', ''Tindall'', ''Tindill'', ''Tyndall''; – ) was an English biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execu ...

and his

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, and author of a number of studies of the plays of Shakespeare.

Life

Daniell was the son of Rev Eric H Daniell (later minister at Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington, 1941–1946) and his wife Betty, and was nephew to the mathematician

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. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Darlington followed by

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, where he read English. He graduated with a

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degree in 1952 (Master of Arts in 1954). Also in 1954 he was awarded a BA degree in Theology. He studied from 1954 to 1955 at the

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, receiving a postgraduate degree. In 1972 he received his PhD from the

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, in Shakespeare studies. In 1979, Daniell accompanied the Royal Shakespeare Company on a six-week tour of European cities.. In 1980 and 1982 he published two volumes of ''The Best Short Stories of John Buchan''; in 1989,

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, and in 1992

's Old Testament. In 1994 he published a biography of William Tyndale and the following year (January 1995) became founder and first chairman of the Tyndale Society following a meeting the

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. 1998 he published the Arden Third Series edition of Shakespeare's

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. His book about the history of the English Bible (''The Bible in English: History and Influence'') appeared in 2003. Daniell spent twelve years as a Sixth Form Master at Apsley Grammar School before moving to

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where he was appointed a professor of English. He retired in 1994. He was an

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and of

, and also

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and honorary member of the Senior Common Room at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Family

Daniell married Dorothy Mary Wells in 1956 and they had two sons. His wife died on 25 November 2010.

Death

The Tyndale Society gives the date of his death as 1 June 2016. A brief notice was also posted by

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Selected works and edited books

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