Nathaniel Edward Kindersley (2 February 1763 – 16 February 1831) was an

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civil service officer to the British East India Company. He is known for being the first translator of the Tirukkural into English in 1794.

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Nathaniel Edward Kindersley was born to Nathaniel Kindersley and Jemima Kindersley, Jemima Wickstead at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He married Hannah Butterworth and they had two sons named Sir Richard Torin Kindersley (born 5 October 1792, died 22 October 1879) and Nathaniel William Kindersley (born 1794, died 3 December 1844). He died on 16 February 1831 at the age of 68 at Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Nathaniel Edward Kindersley published the first ever translation of the Tirukkural into English in a chapter titled 'Extracts from the Teroo-Vaulaver Kuddul, or, The Ocean of Wisdom' in his publication ''Specimens of Hindoo Literature'' in 1794. However, he translated only the first few chapters of Book of Aram, Book I of the Kural text in prose.

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* Henry Davidson Love. (1913). ''Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800'' (4 vols.). New Delhi: Mittal Publications. * N. E. Kindersley. (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 (sold by F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse). 335 pp. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kindersley, Nathaniel Edward Tamil–English translators Translators of the Tirukkural into English 1763 births 1831 deaths Kindersley family, Nathaniel 18th-century English translators

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