Robert Junius

Robert Junius
Portrait of Junius by Junius on Delftware[1]
Born1606
Rotterdam
Died(1655-08-28)August 28, 1655
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
OccupationMissionary
TitleReverend

Robert Junius, also recorded as Robertus Junius (born Robert de Jonghe; 1606 in Rotterdam[2] – 22 August 1655 in Amsterdam[3]) was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary to Taiwan (then known as Formosa) from 1629 to 1643. Along with Antonius Hambroek and Joannes Cruyf, he was among the longest-serving missionaries of the Dutch colonial era in Formosa.[4]

  1. ^ "Junius, Isaac". wikidelft.nl.
  2. ^ Gerald H. Anderson (1999). Gerald H. Anderson. Wm. B. Eerdmans. p. 347. ISBN 0-8028-4680-7.
  3. ^ "De Gids. Jaargang 56 · dbnl". dbnl.org.
  4. ^ Valentijn (1903), p. 86.