Paul Besson

Paul-Henri Besson (4 April 1848 Nods, Switzerland - 30 December 1932 Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Swiss Baptist missionary, biblical scholar, linguist, writer and historian. Paul Besson is considered the initiator of the Evangelical Baptist Convention of Argentina. He is known for his translation of the New Testament, the first in all of Latin America, from koine Greek into Spanish. Besson was recognized by the entire Argentine Protestant movement.

Education He studied at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Neuchâtel (1868). He returned to study at the University of Basel, to finish his degree in theology.