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was a very important figure in history. He made many significant contributions to the English language. Bede was born in Northumbria England in 673. When he was a young boy at age 7 his relatives sent him to the new monastery at Wearmouth- Jarrow. Bede was a very ....

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.... as a historian. His works were on almost every major subject then known, and made him one of the most learned and prolific authors that England has ever had(Brown, 1). Much of Bede's work was done in Latin, but he is the first known writer of English prose. All of his work in the English vernacular has since been lost, but he is still considered the "Father of English Writing" and also "The Father of English History." Bede's ultimate piece of work was his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. This book described in detail the first authoritative history of Christian origins in Britain. He also included details of how five monks lived th ....