Samuel Dyer
Missionary in China
Died when: 39 years 277 days (477 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Samuel Dyer (???, 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 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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