Harvard Club of Washington, DC

Curators: Hannibal Hamlin and Steve Galbraith

The words of the 1611 King James Bible still echo in books, poems, movies, popular songs, speeches, and sermons. But who translated it, and what made this particular translation so influential? Drawing on the deep resources of the Folger and Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford as well as the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Manifold Greatness tells the little-known story of one of the most widely read and printed books in the history of the English language—which marks its 400th anniversary in 2011.