The Black Bearded Barbarian: George Leslie Mackay, Missionary to Taiwan

by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

In 1871 George Leslie Mackay became the first foreign missionary to be commissioned by the Canada Presbyterian Church. He arrived in the Island of Formosa, now Taiwan, on December 29, 1871. Mackay arrived in Tamsui, Northern Formosa in 1872, which remained his home until his death in 1901. Starting with an itinerant dentistry practice amongst the lowland aborigines, he later established churches, schools and a hospital practicing Western biomedicine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387859137
• ISBN13: 9781387859139
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"