Compendious Tamil English Dictionary

About the author didn't even know this book was available online. These are gems in Tamil literature. A concise Tamil dictionary by the legendary GU Pope, first published in 1905. Was great to buy it online. Book came well-packed in good condition.The matter is not available in descriptions column of excel word file About the Uglow Pope or G.U. Pope was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Thiruvasagam. He later took to teaching, running his own school in Ootacamund for while and then moving to head the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and after returning to England worked as a Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognizes him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language.He left for South India in 1839 and arrived at Sawyerpuram near Tuticorin with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Pope started studying Tamil as a teenager in England and during the voyage to India and Pope later turned into a scholar of Tamil, Sanskrit and Telugu. In 1841 he was ordained by the Church of England and he married Mary Carver, daughter of another Anglican priest. Pope worked in the Tirunelveli region where he also interacted with other missionaries like Christian Friedrich Schwartz. In 1845, Mary died at Tuticorin and Pope moved to Madras. The Title 'A Handbook Of The Tamil A Compendious Tamil English Dictionary written/authored/edited by G. U. Pope', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121242707 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 102 (Pages). The publisher of this title i