Muliyil Krishnan

Muliyil Krishnan B.A., B.L., was also one of the pioneers of the 19th century in the Kannur district, making his mark as a linguist among the rare few who received higher education. He got a job as a Malayalam teacher from Kannur with a salary of Rs.1000. Before becoming a professor of Malayalam at Madras [Presidency College], he was earning up to Rs 30 per month. Several scholarly grammars have been written by eminent native linguists such as A. R. [Raja Raja Varma], M. A., M. R. A. S., and Messrs. Seshagiri Prabhu and Muliyil Krishnan. Regarding the lexicography of the language, after the publishing of the dictionaries of the Verapolic missionaries, Mr. Bailey's Dictionary was published in 1846.