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]

References

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.