William Campbell (missionary)

The Reverend
William Campbell
An engraving of Campbell as depicted in his book Sketches from Formosa
Born1841
Glasgow, Scotland
Died9 September 1921(1921-09-09) (aged 79–80)
Bournemouth, Dorset (buried in Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth[1])
NationalityScottish
Alma materFree Church College, Glasgow[2] University of Glasgow
TitleLL.D.
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William Campbell (Chinese: 甘為霖; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kam Ûi-lîm) (1841–1921) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Formosa (Qing Taiwan). He wrote extensively on topics related to Taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island's first school for the blind.[3] Interested in the early history of the island (particularly the Dutch era), his knowledge of the time was such that he was called "without doubt the greatest authority on this subject living".[4] He was probably the first European to see Sun-Moon Lake,[5] which he named Lake Candidius in honour of the seventeenth century Dutch missionary George Candidius.

  1. ^ 邱大昕 (2019年10月14日)〈我自己要見祂--甘為霖牧師生平考略〉，《臺灣教會公報》3529期21版
  2. ^ Campbell (1915), p. 15.
  3. ^ Chang, Teresa. "Taiwan's Medical Pioneers". Tzu Chi Quarterly. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  4. ^ Davidson (1903), p. 606.
  5. ^ Otness (1999), p. 25.