Samuel Dyer
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title:
Samuel Dyer
text:
Samuel Dyer 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 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.
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wiki
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British missionary
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Dyer
date created:
2006-06-12T18:41:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:11:06Z
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