One of his major achievements was his ability to learn Latin. the ability to fluently speak, read, and write this complicated ancient language allowed him to translate and comment on books of Bible, and take his historical and scientific research to a higher level. His detailed, factual descriptions and dated scientific documentation of historical information allows us today to better understand the history of Christianity, the Middle Ages, and the English people.
His most valued work is a book called Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anlorum, which is a detailed description of English history through the Christian perspective. Without this book, many important historical events and figures like Caedmon, "the father of English poetry" would have been lost in the sands of time.
Bede documented the life of Caedmon, a farm servant in the monastery who received a blessing from God. Caedmon lives through his life without any outstanding achievements. Because of his inability to sing, he avoids social gatherings where singing is a traditional part of the event. One night, escaping one of these social events, he has a dream in which a stranger asks him to sing about creation, so he does, composing the first Christian Anglo-Saxon poetry. In the morning he amazes the monastic clergy with his newfound poetic gift and is convinced to join the brotherhood. From there on, Caedmon starts learning religious stories, and composing great religious poems.
Without Bede, much history would have been lost. Because of his great proficiency, he was given the title of Venerable, and his saint's day is celebrated every year on the 27th of May. Besides being a great scholar, Bede was an humanitarian, respected by fellow monks, and his students. He devoted his life to knowledge and deeds beneficial to his contemporaries, and modern scientists.