Ts'ao Yung-ho

Ts'ao Yung-ho (Chinese: 曹永和; pinyin: Cáo Yǒnghé; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao² Yung³-ho²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chô Éng-hô; 27 October 1920 – 12 September 2014) was a Taiwanese historian known for his work on the early history of Taiwan. An autodidact and polyglot who failed his university entrance examinations, Ts'ao went on to become the preeminent Taiwanese expert on the Dutch and Spanish colonial eras in Taiwan.