Thomas Barclay…巴克禮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-khek-lé; was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England to Formosa (now called Taiwan) 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
他創辦台灣第一所西式大學,引進新式教育、科學,今天的台南神學院、發行第一份報紙,今天的台灣基督長老教會教會公報、推動白話字讓更多人閱讀,對保存台語文文字書寫與推廣做出貢獻
當年清帝國把海島台灣永久丟棄給日本國的,一八九五年的台南也因劉永福逃難放棄古都府城而混亂,古城外有日軍包圍準備砲擊攻城的絕境,巴克禮他接受台南居民懇求涉險於黑夜中走向日軍營區進行和平交涉…
巴克禮牧師他在八十五歲那年因腦溢血逝世。他留言交代要葬在台南,今天的南山基督教墓地
中國人蔣介石…抓耙仔馬英九牠們的中華民國殖民統治體制是二二八大屠殺的主謀…不是台灣人民共識