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'''Bede''' (673-735), also known as the Venerable Bede, was a [[Northumbria]]n monk and scholar, famous for writing ''Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People''), completed in 731 and held to be the earliest history of [[England]]. However, his scholarship extended far beyond this: he was a student of classical literature, studied [[Hebrew]], medicine and [[astronomy]], and wrote hymns, sermons, biographies of saints, works on chronology and grammar, and Biblical commentaries<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/academic-bede.php</ref>.
 
'''Bede''' (673-735), also known as the Venerable Bede, was a [[Northumbria]]n monk and scholar, famous for writing ''Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People''), completed in 731 and held to be the earliest history of [[England]]. However, his scholarship extended far beyond this: he was a student of classical literature, studied [[Hebrew]], medicine and [[astronomy]], and wrote hymns, sermons, biographies of saints, works on chronology and grammar, and Biblical commentaries<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/academic-bede.php</ref>.
  
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