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By 1554, Whittingham made his way to Frankfurt, Germany, where he joined a group of Protestant exiles from Mary's reign. There, he met up with John Knox and became a supporter of Calvinism. He took over Knox's role as minister to the English congregation of exiles in Geneva. In Geneva, he started the work for which he is best remembered, a Bible translation that came to be known as the Geneva BibleThe Geneva Bible was a Protestant translation of the Holy Bible into English. During the time when England was ruled by Queen Mary I, who persecuted Protestants, a number of Protestant scholars fled to Geneva in Switzerland, which was then ruled as a repu.

In 1560Events February 27 The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. July 6 Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France, Whittingham returned to England, and was eventually made deanA dean is a name commonly given someone with a senior role in an institution. In a university, a dean is often the head of a division, faculty, college, or school. In a school, a dean may have a counseling role and enforce discipline. In diplomacy, the ti of DurhamFor other places called Durham, see Durham (disambiguation). Durham is a small city in County Durham in the north east of England, situated 25 km (15 miles) to the south of Newcastle upon Tyne. The River Wear flows through the city, enclosing the centre o, an office he held at his death.