Gilbertus Happart

Gilbertus Happart
Gilbertus Happart
Born	Goes, Dutch Republic
Died	c. 1653; Taiwan
Nationality	Dutch
Spouse	Maria Hoochkamer

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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[dbnl-1] "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (New Dutch Biographical Dictionary)" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[2] Happart, Gilbertus (1650). Medhurst, W.H. (ed.). Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the Formosan language. Gilbertus Happart.

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