Reverend Doctor George Leslie Mackay (偕叡理; POJ: Kai Sūi-lí, or 馬偕; POJ: Má-kai), D. D., the first modern missionary to northern Taiwan, was born in Zorra Township, Oxford County, Canada West (now Ontario), Canada, on 21 March 1844. Taiwanese (Chinese: 台語, 台灣話 or 福佬話; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-oân-oÄ“ or Hō-ló-oÄ“; Hanyu Pinyin: TáiyÇ” or Táiwānhuà) is the primary spoken language of 70% of the Taiwanese population. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Zorra is a township in south-western Ontario, Canada. ... Oxford County, Ontario is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) • Land 917,741 km² • Water 158,654 km² (14. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Mackay received his theological training at Knox College in Toronto, Princeton Seminary in the United States, and New College, Edinburgh in Scotland, all Presbyterian institutions. Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Knox College, 59 St. ... {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada location. ... This article or section should be merged with Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton Seminary is located in Princeton, New Jersey and was originally a school of Princeton University. ... New College, Edinburgh was founded in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and currently the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh and a Divinity college of the Church of Scotland. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

In 1871, he became the first missionary to be commissioned by the Canada Presbyterian Church (predecessor of both the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the United Church of Canada), arriving in Taiwan on New Year's Eve, 31 December 1871. 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the Canadian Presbyterian church. ... St. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

After consulting with Dr. James Laidlaw Maxwell, Sr., a medical doctor serving as a Presbyterian Church of England missionary to southern Formosa (1865), Mackay arrived at Tamsui, northern Formosa in 1872, which remained his home until his death in 1901. Starting with a itinerant dentistry practice amongst the lowland aborigines, he later established churches, schools and a hospital practicing Western biomedicine. he married Tiuⁿ Chhang-miâ (known as "Minnie" in the West), a Taiwanese aborigine, and learned to speak the vernacular Taiwanese dialect fluently. Even today, some families in Taiwan trace their surname '偕' ('Kai' or 'Kay') to their family's conversion to Christianity by Mackay. The churches he planted later becoming the Northern Synod of the present Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. In 1896, after the establishment of Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, Mackay met with the Japanese Governor-General of Formosa, Maresuke Nogi. Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Snr (Taiwanese: Má Ngá-kok; 馬雅各; born Scotland, 18 March 1836; died March 1921) was the first (modern) missionary to Taiwan. ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... Logo of The United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian denomination (church) in the United Kingdom. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lover Bridge of Tamsui/ taken by Liyu/ 7 July, 2004 Tamsui (Chinese: 淡水, Taiwanese: Tām-súi/Tām-chúi, Tongyong Pinyin: Danshuei, Hanyu Pinyin: Danshui) is a sea-side town in Taipei County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... See alternative meanings for other possible definitions. ... History Main article: History of Christianity See also: Timeline of Christianity The history of Christianity is difficult to extricate from that of the European West (and several other culture-regions) in general. ... A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. ... An issue of the Taiwan Church News, first published by Presbyterian missionaries in 1885. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The position of Governor-General of Taiwan existed when Taiwan and the Pescadores were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945. ... General Maresuke Nogi (乃木希典 Nogi Maresuke, December 25, 1849 - September 13, 1912) was a Japanese army general, and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War. ...

In Canada, he was honoured during his two furloughs home by the Canadian Church. In 1880, Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario awarded him an honourary Doctor of Divinity, presented by Principal George Monro Grant and Chancellor Sandford Fleming. Before departing in 1881, he returned to Oxford County, where monies were raised to start Oxford College in Taiwan; a number of young people in the county were inspired to follow Mackay example and entered into missionary service with a number of Christian denominations. 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Queens University, or simply Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on the edge of Lake Ontario. ... Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 146,8381 people, is located in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ... Doctor of Divinity (D.D., Divinitatis Doctor in Latin) is an academic degree. ... A principal is: The head of an educational institution. ... George Monro Grant (December 22, 1835 – May 10, 1902), principal of Queens College, Kingston, Ontario, was born in Albion Mines (Stellarton), Pictou County Nova Scotia in 1835. ... Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. ... Sir Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a prolific Canadian engineer and inventor, known for the introduction of Universal Standard Time, Canadas first postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Oxford County, Ontario is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Oxford College could refer to Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, Georgia The University of Oxford in Oxford, England or one of its constituent colleges. ...

In June 1894, at the General Assembly meeting in St. John, New Brunswick, Mackay was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the highest elected position in the church. He spent the following Moderatoral year travelling across Canada, as well as writing From Far Formosa: the island, its people and missions, a missionary ethnography and memoir of his missionary experiences (published 1895). 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The term general assembly can refer to The largest unit of organisation in the polity of a (national) Presbyterian church, containing several synods or presbyteries. ... Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72 908 km² (8th) • Land 71 450 km² • Water 1 458 km² (2. ... Moderator can refer to one of the following: neutron moderator moderator (communications) - Message Board Moderator The chairperson of a church court in Presbyterian churches (see Moderator of the General Assembly). ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphein = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Like many of the Western anthropologists and missionaries of his time, Mackay is considered by some to have had a ethnocentric view of the world. For example, Mackay appears to have enjoyed the burning of his Aboriginal converts' non-Christian objects of worship. In his 1896 book From Far Formosa, Mackay wrote about his rough apartment in a recently converted Aboriginal village: "To that place the cast-off machinery of idolatry was brought, and more than once I dried my clothes before fires made of idolatrous paper, idols, and ancestral tablets. Three men were employed to carry other paraphernalia of idol-worship to the museum in Tamsui [Tanshui]" (Mackay, 1896:219). Despite his ethnocentrism, Mackay's From Far Formosa is considered an important early missionary ethnography of Taiwan and an important contribution to the anthropological understanding of the culture and customs of the people of Taiwan during that period. In addition, Mackay's collection of various artifacts and specimens of local flora and fauna have become part of the ethnology department of the Royal Ontario Museum (Ontario, Canada) and the Aletheia University Museum (Tamsui, Taiwan). See Anthropology. ... Ethnocentrism (Greek ethnos nation + -centrism) is a set of beliefs or practices based on the view that ones own group is the center of everything. ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphein = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... The mosaic ceiling of the rotunda entrance to the museum. ...

Although Mackay had suffered from meningitis and malaria, Mackay eventually died of throat cancer on June 2, 1901. He was buried near Oxford College (牛津學堂; now Aletheia University, 真理大學) in Tamsui, Taiwan. The major private Christian hospital Mackay founded in downtown Taipei was named Mackay Memorial Hospital in his honour. In recent years, Mackay has been rescued from obscurity as part of the rise of Taiwanese nationalism and the associated state projects of constructing a Taiwanese identity and Taiwan-centred histories. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. ... Red blood cell infected with Malaria (Italian: bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1. ... Head and neck cancers are malignant growths located in the oral cavity (mouth), nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, thyroid, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands and lymph nodes of the upper neck. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... City nickname: the City of Azaleas Capital District Xinyi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ... Localization (本土化, POJ: pún-thó·-hòa, Pinyin: BÄ›ntÇ” huà) is a political term used by advocates of Taiwan independence to support their view of Taiwan as not part of China. ...

On 2004-06-30, a large bust statue of George Leslie Mackay was dedicated outside the Oxford County offices in Woodstock, Ontario. There was a large delegation from Taiwan (including representatives from Aletheia University and the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan), the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the United Church of Canada, local, regional, and national dignitaries, and a number of his descendants from across North America. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... Oxford County, Ontario is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Woodstock (2001 population 33,061) is a city and county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, located 80 miles southwest of Toronto. ... An issue of the Taiwan Church News, first published by Presbyterian missionaries in 1885. ... The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the Canadian Presbyterian church. ... St. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...

External links

• MacKay and Taiwan, in the website of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Canada
• Full text of The Black-Bearded Barbarian: the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa by Marian Keith, from Project Gutenberg
• "Aborigines Saved Yet Again: Settler Nationalism and Hero Narratives in a 2001 Exhibition of Taiwan Aboriginal Artefacts" by Mark Munsterhjelm, MA Thesis, Indigenous Governance Program, University of Victoria, Canada.
• "Tourism Oxford, (Oxford County, Ontario, Canada) Colourful Characters; Rev. George Leslie Mackay 1844-1901."
• "Oxford County Public Library; Oxford County, Ontario Canada -- Reverend George Leslie Mackay 1844-1901"
• "Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"
• "To Taiwan With The Gospel - George Leslie Mackay"