Gilbertus Happart

Gilbertus Happart
Born Goes, Dutch Republic
Died c. 1653
Taiwan
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]

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