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In his early life in London he was student of composer Thomas Tallis. He was a protégé of the organist and composer Thomas Tallis. Byrd died in the year 1623, and became a world renowned master of the music industry. ("William Byrd." Britannica Academic)

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Although possibly born in Lincoln, Byrd at an early age became a pupil of Tallis in London. When Byrd's mentor Tallis died 1585, It made Byrd set his musical house in order, for in the next three years he published four of his own music: Psalmes, Sonets, & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie (1588), Songs of Sundrie Natures (1589), and two further books of Cantiones sacrae (1589 and 1591). Around the year 1593, Byrd moved with his family to Stondon Massey, Essex, where he lived for the rest of his life. ("William Byrd." Britannica Academic)

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William Byrd was one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. Other great composers were Orlando di Lasso and Tomás Luis de Victoria. He managed to surpass all but Victoria for their emotional fevor in their music, and Lasso for their variety of forms and styles. Byrd spread musicc throughout the entire part of England, and was a major contribution to the High (Northern) Renaissance. (Beeks, Graydon. "William Byrd." Great Lives from History)

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Byrd is mostly known for his church music. He invented a form of music called verse anthems. He was the first English composer to understand polyphony which is simultaneously putting parts and sounds together to create a melody. (Beeks, Graydon. "William Byrd." Great Lives from History)

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William Byrd’s only 6-part Pavan and Galliard

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A page from the score of Byrd’s Parthenia, 1613

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cl1uwpSgSIMgce8a0Q2bZqMV-pt_t-slatmIwVtbFoE/edit?usp=sharing