Samuel Dyer 台約爾 (20 February 1804 – 24 October 1843), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition, who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. He arrived in Penang in 1827. Dyer, his wife Maria, and their family lived in Malacca and then finally in Singapore. He was known as a typographer for creating a steel typeface of Chinese characters for printing to replace traditional wood blocks.

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  • Samuel Dyer 台約爾 (20 February 1804 – 24 October 1843), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition, who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. He arrived in Penang in 1827. Dyer, his wife Maria, and their family lived in Malacca and then finally in Singapore. He was known as a typographer for creating a steel typeface of Chinese characters for printing to replace traditional wood blocks. Dyer's type was accurate, aesthetically pleasing, durable and practical.
  • Samuel Dyer 戴尔 var en kongregasjonalistisk protestantisk misjonær som arbeidet blant kinesere for det meste i det som i dag er Malaysia. Han ankom Penang i 1827. Dyer, hans kone Maria og derres barn bodde i Malacca og så til slutt i Singapore. Han huskes særlig som for sine ferdigheter som typograf, han utviklet ståltyper for kinesiske tegn noe som gav trykking av kinesisk tekst et bedre og klarere resultat. Dyer ble til slutt i stand til å reise til Kina. Han kom til Hongkong den 7. august 1843 i forbindelse med en konferanse for London Missionary Society. Der ble det bestemt at han skulle virke i Fujianprovinsen. Men han fikk feber og døde i Macao før han kom på plass på misjonsfeltet.
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  • Samuel Dyer 台約爾 (20 February 1804 – 24 October 1843), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition, who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. He arrived in Penang in 1827. Dyer, his wife Maria, and their family lived in Malacca and then finally in Singapore. He was known as a typographer for creating a steel typeface of Chinese characters for printing to replace traditional wood blocks.
  • Samuel Dyer 戴尔 var en kongregasjonalistisk protestantisk misjonær som arbeidet blant kinesere for det meste i det som i dag er Malaysia. Han ankom Penang i 1827. Dyer, hans kone Maria og derres barn bodde i Malacca og så til slutt i Singapore. Han huskes særlig som for sine ferdigheter som typograf, han utviklet ståltyper for kinesiske tegn noe som gav trykking av kinesisk tekst et bedre og klarere resultat. Dyer ble til slutt i stand til å reise til Kina. Han kom til Hongkong den 7.
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