Bede (672/673 – 735 AD), referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede. English monk known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title 'The Father of English History'.

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Bede (672/673 – 735 AD), referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede. English monk known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title 'The Father of English History'.

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