He was known as a typographer for creating a steel typeface of Chinese characters for printing to replace traditional wood blocks.

And from that good day to this, Jesus has been precious to my soul.He studied law and mathematics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge,[6] but in 1823 he withdrew from University in his fifth term, refusing for conscience sake to declare himself a member of Church of England to graduate.

"[8] In '’A Sketch of Mr. Dyer's Life and Character'’, his wife Maria would later write, "The reading of the pamphlet 'Memoir of Mrs. Mead' so powerfully impressed his mind with the importance of consecrating himself to missionary work, that when he began to study again, on Monday morning, he found he could not proceed; and every time he read this Memoir it had the same effect: so that at last he determined to give up the Bar, and devote himself to the work of Christ among the heathen."

His health began to suffer because of his intense regimen of study at Gosport, walking long distances to preach in villages on Sunday, and his habits of self-denial.

[10] He was married to Maria Tarn, eldest daughter of Joseph Tarn, Director of London Missionary Society, in London in 1827, and shortly afterward the newly wed couple set sail for what was then considered "Ultra-Ganges" India with the Ultra-Ganges Missions, where the only way to live and work among native Chinese could be obtained.

Of SAMUEL DYER Who was for several years a humble, pious, and faithful Teacher in this School And who, devoting himself to the service of his blessed Redeemer Was on 20 February 1827, Here solemnly set apart as a Missionary of the Gospel, And having left his native land for the shores of India, in the providence of God, arrived safely at his destination,

Faith unfeigned, sincere brotherly love, patient continuance in well-doing, and the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, endeared him to us while he laboured here; and his memory will long be cherished with affectionate regard by all who knew him.

October 1843) Samuel Dyer and his wife left England on 10 March 1827, and they arrived at Penang, in the Straits of Malacca, on 8 August 1827.

The Dyers were to have gone on to Anglo-Chinese College in Malacca, but a lack of workers lead them to stay in Penang and settle in the Chinese sector of town.

After gaining some knowledge of the language, Dyer faced the challenge of producing movable metallic types for the thousands of Chinese characters.

At first, using wood reliefs to create the clay moulds from which type could be cast, he soon moved to steel punches and copper matrixes.

Dyer's linguistic abilities, meticulous planning, and painstaking attention to detail resulted in Chinese fonts of high quality.

He grew committed to the production of Christian literature in Chinese, printing Bibles, tracts, and books with the moveable, metal-cast type with a controlled vocabulary that he developed.

Dyer soon recognised the strategic importance of his metal-type printing and proceeded with the revision of the Chinese Bible at Malacca.

[17] Dyer printed "Two Friends" by William Milne, a "Commentary on 10 Commandments" by Walter Henry Medhurst, and the "Miracles of Christ".

Dyer preached the first sermon at the Malay Chapel in Prinsep Street opened by Benjamin Peach Keasberry in 1843.

Maria Dyer died three years later at Penang, leaving 3 children in the care of her second husband, Johann Georg Bausum.

Besides preaching among the people, Mr. Dyer had also devoted much of his time to the cutting of punches for a font of Chinese types, in which he had attained to a great degree of perfection.

The Dyers' daughters returned to China as teenagers and worked with Mary Ann Aldersey at her school for Chinese girls in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Maria Jane Dyer married James Hudson Taylor, who went on to found the China Inland Mission.

Samuel Dyer, Jr., succeeded Alexander Wylie with the British and Foreign Bible Society as their agent in China in the 1870s.

Protestant Missionary to the Chinese, Who for 16 years devoted all his energies to the advancement of the Gospel among the emigrants from China settled in Pinang Malacca and Singapore.

As a Man, he was amiable & affectionate, As a Christian, upright, sincere, & humble-minded, As a Missionary, devoted zealous, & indefatigable.