caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality title birth_date signature residence image article_title name alma_mater
missionary and linguist 9 september 1921 scotland scotland scottish ll.d . 1841 wmcampbell-signature . png scotland taiwan campbell.png william campbell -lrb- missionary -rrb-
 the rev. dr william campbell university of glasgow
william campbell -lrb- missionary -rrb-

william campbell -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1841 -- 1921 -rrb- was a scottish presbyterian missionary to formosa -lrb- taiwan -rrb- .
he wrote extensively on topics related to taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island 's first school for the blind .
interested in the early history of the island -lrb- particularly the dutch era -rrb- , his knowledge of the time was such that he was called `` without doubt the greatest authority on this subject living '' .
he was probably the first european to see sun-moon lake , which he named `` lake candidius '' in honour of the seventeenth century dutch missionary george candidius .
