Arthur L. Hammond
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Arthur L. Hammond (August 13, 1896 – July 21, 1979), an American citizen, was the first evangelical missionary in Cambodia. He trained at Nyack College and first arrived in Southeast Asia as a Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) missionary in 1921 and served for two years in Saigon, Vietnam.[1] Entering Cambodia in January 1923 with his new wife Esther,[2] he began translation of the Bible into Khmer in 1925.[3] The New Testament was completed by 1934,[4] but it was not until 1954 that the whole Bible (KOV) was finally published.[5][6][7]