David John Daniell (17 February 1929 – 1 June 2016) was an English literary scholar who became Professor of English at University College London. He was founder of the Tyndale Society, a specialist in William Tyndale and his translations of the Bible, and author of a number of studies of the plays of Shakespeare.
In 1994 he published a biography of William Tyndale and the following year (January 1995) became founder and first chairman of the Tyndale Society following a meeting the British Library.[5]
1998 he published the Arden Third Series edition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. His book about the history of the English Bible (The Bible in English: History and Influence) appeared in 2003.
Ferrell, Lori Anne (lead researcher); Daniell, David (source author and interviewee) (April 2007), Secrets of the Dead: Battle for the Bible (videorecording), Educational Broadcasting Corporation and Pioneer Productions {{citation}}: |first2= has generic name (help).
Shakespeare, William (1998), Daniell, David (ed.), Julius Caesar, The Arden Shakespeare, Walton-on-Thames: Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Tyndale, William (1989), Daniell, David (ed.), Tyndale's New Testament: Translated from the Greek by William Tyndale in 1534 (with an introduction) (modern spelling ed.), New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
——— (1992), Daniell, David (ed.), Tyndale's Old Testament: being the Pentateuch of 1530, Joshua to 2. Chronicles of 1537 and Jonah, translated by William Tyndale (with an introduction by David Daniell) (modern spelling ed.), New Haven and London: Yale University Press.