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Flowers of Formosa, Dawn of Formosa- Historical Novel Galore

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  A magnificent 'Bangas' at Banqiao Lin Family Mansion. Sadly the tree died a few years ago left behind a beautiful legacy.  Photo credit: Banqiao Lin Family. A 1936 Gakuyū Nenkan  ( 学友年鑑 School friend almanac) edition of my father’s collection is used in ‘Dawn of Formosa’ page 470 to illustrate a key character’s migration route after WWII from Japan to the former Japanese puppet-state of Manchuria and back to Taiwan. Highly recommend addition - K.M.Lawson's excellent overview of the almanac is seen HERE . ( https://www.froginawell.net/frog/2020/06/a-childs-guide-to-japanese-empire/) Source:  Taiwan e-Leaning and Digital Archives Program   (https://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/66/9c/d5.html) Toshiko Sekiya  (關屋敏子)  -  g randdaughter of Charles Le Gendre (A  French-born American officer and diplomat who served in Japan  from 1872 to 1875 and Korea  from 1890 to 1899)  was a well-known soprano prior to her  suicide ...

One Hundred Notable People in Taiwan's Medical Field 台灣醫界人物百人傳 (LIST)

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  許武勇  Hsu   Wu-yung (101) The Diary of Ye Shengji  葉盛吉日記 (55) Dr David Landsborough III (4) and left  顏春輝's (65) father   顏振聲 . Tainan.  台灣醫界人物百人傳 One Hundred Notable People in Taiwan's Medical Field 陳永興  Chen Yung-hsing (Author) 玉山社出版  Taiwan Interminds Publishing Inc  2021/03/01 杜聰明  Tu Tsung-ming (cover, page 87, list 21) ISBN 9789862942703 With author Dr Chen Yung-hsing consent and encouragement, I translated the list of 108 notable people in Taiwan's Medical Field. Note: Only the list is true to original of the book. Other content (supplied links and additions) represent my own work only. (Additions: vintage photos links on the last page.) CHAPTER ONE 醫療傳道與人道醫療  Medical evangelism and humanitarian medicine (17) 1. James Laidlaw Maxwell 馬雅各 (1836-1921) A Pioneer Medical Missionary    2.  Sir Patrick Manson  萬巴德 (1844-1922)  British parasitologist who founded the field of  tropica...