William Campbell (missionary) explained

Honorific Prefix:	The Reverend
William Campbell
Birth Date:	1841
Birth Place:	Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:	Bournemouth, Dorset (buried in Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth^[1])
Nationality:	Scottish
Alma Mater:	Free Church College, Glasgow University of Glasgow
LL.D.
Signature:	wmcampbell-signature.png

William Campbell (1841–1921) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Formosa (Qing Taiwan). He wrote extensively on topics related to Taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island's first school for the blind.^[2] Interested in the early history of the island (particularly the Dutch era), his knowledge of the time was such that he was called "without doubt the greatest authority on this subject living". He was probably the first European to see Sun-Moon Lake, which he named Lake Candidius in honour of the seventeenth century Dutch missionary George Candidius.

Mission to Taiwan

Campbell arrived in Qing-era Taiwan in 1871 to begin his mission in southern Taiwan, being stationed in Taiwan-fu, the capital of Taiwan Prefecture (modern-day Tainan) and serving both Han Chinese and Taiwanese aborigines in the area. He was a contemporary of Thomas Barclay, James Laidlaw Maxwell and George Leslie Mackay, who were all engaged in missionary work in Taiwan.

A strong supporter of "native ministers" (i.e. Han and aborigine clergy), Campbell wrote concerning one particular incident that

Campbell witnessed Taiwan's transition to Japanese rule. His mission lasted for forty-six years, until he left Taiwan for the last time in 1917 to return to his native Scotland, where he died in 1921.

Published works

• Book: none . Campbell . W. . William Campbell (missionary) . Gravius . Daniel . Daniel Gravius . The Gospel of St. Matthew in Formosan (Sinkang Dialect) with corresponding versions in Dutch and English . 1888 . Trübner . London . 2006478012 . 54336915.
• Book: none . Campbell . W. . Sibelius . Caspar . Caspar Sibelius . An Account of Missionary Success in Island of Formosa . 1889 . Trübner . London . 8390478 . 25396942M . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Past and Future of Formosa: With a New Map of the Island . 1896 . 05007841 . 64871726 . Kelly and Walsh . Hong Kong . 5 . . reprinted from Campbell . W. . The island of Formosa: Its past and future . Scottish Geographical Magazine . August 1896 . 12 . 8 . 385–399 . 10.1080/00369229608732903.
• Book: none . Campbell . W. . Psalmanazar . George . George Psalmanazar . Vertrecht . Jacobus . Jacobus Vertrecht . Happart . Gilbert . Gilbertus Happart . K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co. . London . The articles of Christian instruction in Favorlang-Formosan, Dutch and English, from Vertrecht's manuscript of 1650, with Psalmanazar's dialogue between a Japanese and a Formosan, and Happart's Favorlang vocabulary . 13995018M . 1896 . 4658625 .
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Notes on a visit to the Taichu prefecture of Formosa . 1902 . 558224246 . Helensburgh . J. Lamont . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Formosa under the Dutch: Described from Contemporary Records . 1903 . Kegan Paul . London . 9789576380839 . 04007338 . 2532095 . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Memorandum on Printing Missionary Books in the So-called South Formosa Dialect . 1906 . Tainan . 40859076 . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Handbook of the English Presbyterian mission in south Formosa . 1910 . F.J. Parsons . Hastings . 37352945 . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . Sketches from Formosa . 1915 . Marshall Brothers . London . 906302793 . 7051071M . 5.
• Book: Campbell, W. . none . A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-chiu, Chiang-chiu and Formosa . nan. 1913 . Taiwan Church Press . Tainan . 39684248 . 2027/pst.000072254844 . 5.
  • Book: Campbell, W. . none . A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-chiu, Chiang-chiu and Formosa . 1923 . 1913 . 2nd . Fukuin Print. Co. . Yokohama . 43655590 . 5 . . (with preface by Thomas Barclay). 2027/mdp.39015056044533 .

References

• Book: Campbell, William. 1915. Sketches from Formosa . Marshall Brothers . London . 7051071M .
• Book: Covell. Ralph. Pentecost of the hills in Taiwan : the Christian faith among the original inhabitants. 1998. Hope Pub. House. Pasadena, Calif.. 978-0-932727-90-9. 681169M.
• Book: Davidson . James W. . James W. Davidson . The Island of Formosa, Past and Present : history, people, resources, and commercial prospects : tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions . 1903 . Macmillan . London and New York . 6931635M . 1887893 . Chapter XXXI: Formosa of To-day . https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi.
• Book: Otness. Harold M.. One Thousand Westerners in Taiwan, to 1945: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary. 1999. Institute of Taiwan History, Preparatory Office, Academic Sinica . Nangang District, Taipei . 957-671-618-7 . 1st.

Notes and References

1. http://www.laijohn.com/archives/pm/Campbell,W/biog/khu/C.htm 邱大昕 (2019年10月14日)〈我自己要見祂--甘為霖牧師生平考略〉，《臺灣教會公報》3529期21版
2. Web site: Taiwan's Medical Pioneers. 2008-08-11 . Tzu Chi Quarterly. Teresa. Chang. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161730/http://taipei.tzuchi.org.tw/tzquart/2001sp/qp5.htm . 2011-06-10.