Nathaniel Edward Kindersley

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley 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.

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 and Nathaniel William Kindersley.
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.