Nathaniel Edward Kindersley

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.^[1]

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley
1787 portrait
Born	(1763-02-02)2 February 1763 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died	16 February 1831(1831-02-16) (aged 68) Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation(s)	Officer, British East India Company
Known for	First translator of Tirukkural into English
Spouse	Hannah Butterworth
Children	2, including Richard Torin Kindersley
Mother	Jemima Wickstead

Family

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley was born to Nathaniel Kindersley and 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)^[2] and Nathaniel William Kindersley (born 1794, died 3 December 1844).^[3]

He died on 16 February 1831 at the age of 68 at Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.

Works

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 I of the Kural text in prose.^[4]

See also

• India portal
• Tamils portal
• Literature portal
• Poetry portal

• Tirukkural translations
• Tirukkural translations into English
• List of translators into English

References

1. 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.
2. "Kindersley, Richard Torin (KNDY809RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "Kindersley, Nathaniel William (KNDY811NW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. Kindersley, N. E. (1794). "Specimens Of Hindu Literature". Retrieved 11 June 2017.

Further reading

• 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.