Thomas Barclay (missionary)
Thomas Barclay was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England to Formosa from 1875 until his death. His ministry in southern Taiwan has been compared to the work done in northern Taiwan by George Leslie Mackay. He founded Tainan Theological College and Seminary in 1876.
Portrait of Barclay
Barclay Memorial Park
Lintel above the door of the Barclay Memorial Church
The Amoy Romanized Bible
Pe̍h-ōe-jī, sometimes known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, particularly Taiwanese and Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing systems for Southern Min. During its peak, it had hundreds of thousands of readers.
Pe̍h-ōe-jī inscription at a church in Tainan (Tâi-lâm) commemorating Thomas Barclay
A sign over a chicken rice restaurant in Sanchong, Taiwan, reading "Ke Bah Png" with no diacritics or hyphens; the correct POJ version would be "ke-bah-pn̄g", or "koe-bah-pn̄g" in the local pronunciation
Some books which use pe̍h-ōe-jī, including textbooks, dictionaries, a bible, poetry, and academic works