Gilbertus Happart

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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

↑ "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.

Dutch Formosa (1624–1662)

Events

Places

Villages	Bakloan Dalivo Favorlang Kelang Longkiau Mattau Pangsoia Pimaba Sakam Sinkan Soulang Tampsuy Tamsuy Tevorang Tirosen

Fortifications	Fort Zeelandia Fort Provintia Fort Anthonio

People

Governors	Marten Sonk Gerard Frederikszoon de With Pieter Nuyts Hans Putmans Johan van der Burg Paulus Traudenius Maximilian le Maire François Caron Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater Nicolas Verburg Cornelis Caesar Frederick Coyett

Missionaries	George Candidius Daniel Gravius Antonius Hambroek Gilbertus Happart Robert Junius

Others	Koxinga Zheng Zhilong

Authority control	VIAF: 94038840

Persondata
Name	Happart, Gillis
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch missionary
Date of birth
Place of birth	Goes, The Netherlands
Date of death	1653
Place of death	Taiwan

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