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

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civil service officer to the

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. He is known for being the first translator of the

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into English in 1794.

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Nathaniel Edward Kindersley was born to Nathaniel Kindersley and Jemima Wickstead at

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. 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

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, 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

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of the Kural text in prose.

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