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In 2011 Gove planned to provide each school in the United Kingdom with a copy of the King James Bible, each inscribed "presented by the Secretary of State for Education" (although Gove was unaware of this until he saw the first bible), to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its translation into English. Gove described the King James as "the most important book in the English language" and insisted that every student should have the opportunity to appreciate its literary riches. The project ran into difficulty when the education secretary was required to find private funding to complete it. Private sponsors paid for the Bibles, which were distributed in June 2012. The Guardian quoted unnamed head teachers as being critical of the project, but the initiative did receive support from across the spectrum, including from Richard Dawkins.