ST MARY'S BASALICA, SHIVAJI NAGAR, BANGALORE :: ANNUAL FEST 2011 :: PHOTOES ( 2 SEPTEMBER 2011) BY SALIMKUMAR KURUMPAKARA
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Statue of Reverend Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903) Near Mayo Hall, MG.road, Bangalore :: photo by S.Salim Kumar
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