Biography
Name: Bede the Venerable
Name in Old English: Bda
Born: 672/673, Kingdom of Northumbria.
Die: 26 May 735 aged about 61 and 62, Jarrow, Northumbria
Grave: Cell in the Monastery
Work: Writer, Monk, Scholar
Nationality: Indo-Aryan nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh (Britain)
Famous Work: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
Bede in old English is Bda. Bede is also known as Saint Beda, Venerabilis Beda. He was born in 672/673 - 26 May 735 on the floor of his room. He was a Benedictine monk, who lived in Northumbrian. Bede is also renowned as a scholar and writer. One of his famous works is "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum". As a result of his work, he was given the title "Father of English History".
Bede wrote his first work, "De Arte Metrica and De Schematibus et Tropis", around 701. Bede wrote on a variety of themes, from scientific, historical and theological works. His hobby of writing led him to create 60 books. Bede understood Greek.