Gilbertus Happart
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Gilbertus Happart | |
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| Died | c. 1653 |
| Spouse | 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]
