William Cadman (4 April 1883 in
Rotherhithe
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– 7 December 1948 in
Da Lat
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) was an English missionary in
Vietnam
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with his American wife Grace. William and his team printed the Bible in
Hanoi
Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...
, and his wife Grace was the primary translator of the Bible into Vietnamese, along with John Drange Olsen. The main Protestant version in use in Vietnam today is the "Cadman version."
[''Kinh-Thánh: cựu-ước và tân-ước'' (Cadman version), Bible Society in Vietnam – reprint 1975]
Cadman was a printer by profession who after conversion to Christianity left England for theological school in Canada then America. He enrolled to be a missionary in China but from there visited Vietnam where he met an American born nurse Grace Hazenberg. They married in 1915, and had one daughter who died in Hanoi. The couple ran a printing shop in Hanoi from 1917 until 1942 when they were interned by the Japanese at
Mỹ Tho
Mỹ Tho () is a city in the Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. It has a population of approximately 169,000 in 2006 and 220,000 in 2012. It is the regional center of economics, education and technology. The majori ...
. They were the only couple to remain after the war. Grace Cadman died on 24 April 1946 at the age of 69 and was buried at
Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery
Mạc (chữ Hán: 莫) is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Ma or Mo in Chinese and Mua in Hmong language. It is unrelated to the "Mac" prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages.
Mac / Mc is an anglicised variation ...
, Saigon. Cadman died in Dalat, on Sunday, 7 December, aged 65, and was buried there. The grave has recently been restored by the local Protestant church.
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Photo of the Cadmans
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1883 births
1948 deaths
Protestant missionaries in Vietnam
Translators of the Bible into Vietnamese
English Protestant missionaries
Burials at Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery
British expatriates in Vietnam
20th-century British translators
British missionary linguists