William Campbell (missionary)

William Campbell (Chinese: 甘為霖; POJ: Kam Ûi-lîm) (1841-1921) was a Scottish missionary to Taiwan. He wrote extensively on topics related to Taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island's first school for the blind. [cite web|url=http://taipei.tzuchi.org.tw/tzquart/2001sp/qp5.htm|title=Taiwan's Medical Pioneers|accessdate=2008-08-11]

Mission to Taiwan

Campbell arrived in Taiwan in 1871 to begin his mission in southern Taiwan, being stationed in Tainan (then known as Taiwan-fu) and serving both Han Chinese and Taiwanese aborigines in the area.cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oaP2UFZVGDoC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=william+campbell+missionary+taiwan&source=web&ots=kvF4appXFo&sig=4mLrcgeTei6sABFqTnWX8qsa2hM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result|title=Pentecost of the Hills in Taiwan|author=Ralph Covell|page=119|year=1997|isbn=9780932727909] He was a contemporary of Thomas Barclay, James Laidlaw Maxwell and George Leslie Mackay, who were all engaged in missionary work in Taiwan.

A strong supporter of "native ministers" (i.e. Han and aborigine clergy), Campbell wrote concerning one particular incident that

Campbell's mission lasted for forty-six years, until he left Taiwan for the last time in 1917 to return to his native Scotland, where he died in 1921.

Published works

*cite book|title=The Gospel of St. Matthew in Formosan (Sinkang Dialect) with corresponding versions in Dutch and English|date=1888|publisher=Trübner & Co|location=London
*cite book|title=Missionary Success in Formosa|date=1889|publisher=Trübner & Co|location=London
*cite book|title=Formosa Under the Dutch: Described from Contemporary Records|date=1903
*cite book|title=Handbook of the English Presbyterian mission in south Formosa|date=1910
*cite book|title=Sketches from Formosa|date=1913|publisher=Marshall Brothers|location=London
*cite book|title=A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular|language=Southern Min|date=1913|publisher=Taiwan Church Press|location=Tainan

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