Wycliffe Global Alliance is an alliance of organisations united in their desire to see the Bible translated for every language group that needs it. Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend and was first known as Camp Wycliffe. The organization is named after John Wycliffe, who was responsible for the first complete English translation of the whole Bible into Middle English. Then in 1942 Camp Wycliffe became Wycliffe Bible Translators.