John Philips (bishop)

John Philips (bishop)

John Phillips was the Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man, and lived from 1605-1633. His most notable contribution to society was the writing down of the Manx Language.

Preceding and following bishops

George Lloyd was bishop before him and William Forster afterwards.

Writing Manx

In order to preach to the Manx peasantry, he dictated that the Book of Common Prayer, and later the Bible be translated, and a new writing system was invented.

It is thought to be based on phonetic of Yorkshire English, which suggests it was written by someone else as opposed to him, as he was Welsh born.

References

*http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/bishops/phillips.htm
*http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-456567/John-Phillips


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