Nathaniel Edward Kindersley

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley
portrait by John Smart, 1787
Born(1763-02-02)2 February 1763[1]
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died16 February 1831(1831-02-16) (aged 68)
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Officer, British East India Company
Known forFirst translator of Tirukkural into English
SpouseHannah Butterworth
ChildrenSir Richard Torin Kindersley and Nathaniel William Kindersley
Parents

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley (2 February 1763 – 16 February 1831) was an English civil service officer to the British East India Company. He is known for being the first translator of the Tirukkural into English in 1794.[2]

  1. ^ "Place Index - 713 (Tangernaikpuram)". thepeerage.com. The Peerage. n.d. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ Kindersley, Nathaniel Edward (1794). "Specimens of Hindoo Literature: Consisting of Translations, from the Tamoul Language, of Some Hindoo Works of Morality and Imagination, with Explanatory Notes". London: W. Bulmer and Company. Retrieved 11 June 2017.