In order that the simple unlearned people might understand the Bible, a Yorkshi reman of the name of John Wvclif , who lived from, it is believed, 1324 to 1384, translated it into English with the assistance of his friends. The translation influenced the lives of the people, helping to set the standard of their language. For this reason Wyclif has been called ' the Father of English prose '.
Today, in Rhoda Power 's first broadcast of the term, listeners will hear something of h is views and of the impressions he made on the people of his time.