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Thomas Prendergast
British civil servant and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Prendergast (1806 – 14 November 1886) was a British administrator in the service of the East India Company, and the inventor of the "mastery system" of learning foreign languages.
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Born | 1806 (1806) |
Died | 14 November 1886(1886-11-14) (aged 79–80) Cheltenham, England |
Nationality | British |
Employer | East India Company |
Known for | The "mastery system" of learning foreign languages |
Notable work | The Mastery of Languages (1864) |
Children | Harry Prendergast |
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