Gilbertus Happart
Gilbertus Happart | |
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Born | |
Died | c. 1653 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Spouse(s) | Maria Hoochkamer[1] |
Gilbertus Happart (also recorded as Gillis or Gilbert Happart) was a seventeenth-century Dutch missionary to Formosa (now known as Taiwan). He was stationed in the village of Favorlang (modern-day Huwei) and wrote a dictionary of the Favorlang language of the inhabitants.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (New Dutch Biographical Dictionary)" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ Happart, Gilbertus (1650). Medhurst, W.H. (ed.). Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the Formosan language.
Gilbertus Happart.
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- 1653 deaths
- Dutch Protestant missionaries
- People from Goes
- People of Dutch Formosa
- Dutch lexicographers
- Protestant missionaries in Taiwan
- Missionary linguists
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