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Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Luther, Martin. The renowned church reformer; born at Eisleben, in Saxony, Nov. 10, 1483; died there, Feb. 18, 1546. Noteworthy among his numerous writings are: ‘The Babylonian Captivity of the Church’ (1520); the treatise ‘Against Henry, King of England’ (1522); ‘The Slave Will,’ Luther’s reply to Erasmus’s tractate ‘On Free Will’; ‘Letters’ (6 vols., 1825–56); ‘Table Talk’ (1566). His greatest service to the literature of Germany was his translation of the Bible, the New Testament version being completed in 1522 and the Old Testament in 1534. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).