About Gilbertus Happart
Gilbertus Happart was a Dutch lexicographer and linguist.
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.
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Who was Gilbertus Happart?
Dutch missionary
When was Gilbertus Happart born?
Gilbertus Happart was born in Goes.
When did Gilbertus Happart die?
Gilbertus Happart died in 1653 in Taiwan.
What was Gilbertus Happart's occupation?
Gilbertus Happart was a lexicographer and linguist.
What nationality was Gilbertus Happart?
Gilbertus Happart was Dutch.
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