Gilbertus Happart Explained

Gilbertus Happart
Birth Place:Goes, Dutch Republic
Death Date:c. 1653
Death Place:Taiwan
Nationality:Dutch
Spouse: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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dutch. Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (New Dutch Biographical Dictionary). 2009-02-01.
  2. Book: Dictionary of the Favorlang dialect of the Formosan language. Gilbertus Happart.. Happart, Gilbertus. Medhurst, W.H.. Walter Henry Medhurst. 1650.