A Handbook of the Ordinary Dialect of the Tamil Language

by George Uglow Pope

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273 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1986

About the author

George 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 Tiruvachagam. He was the head of the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore, and 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.