Reverend Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903)
Reverend Ferdinand Kittel was
a priest and indologist
with the Basel Mission
and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri
and Dharwad in Karnataka.
He is most famous for
his studies of the Kannada language.
His magnum opus, however,
seems to be the first ever
Kannada-English dictionary,
a 1,700 page book covering
about 70,000 words
that was written in 1894.
His work was also included dialects
from Dharwad, Mangalore and Kodagu.
Apparently, lexicographers use
his methodology even today.
He is also credited with having written
numerous poems in Kannada.
photes by
S.SALIM KUMAR
KURUMPAKARA
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