Manuscripts on Tamil language attributed to Rev Alfred Bourne

Two manuscripts attributed to Rev Alfred Bourne. 1) 'Tamil Extracts. 1830'. Comprises quotes from Tamil texts with very brief descriptions in English. 2) 'Tamil. Some observations with regard to Letters & Pronounciation'. Rear of volume has a Tamil/English wordlist. With three inserts.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/FBN 21 (fiche 902)
Date(s) of creation: c1830
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Bourne; Alfred (c 1801-1836); ordained missionary, linguist

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title Manuscripts on Tamil language attributed to Rev Alfred Bourne
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author Bourne; Alfred (c 1801-1836); ordained missionary, linguist
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authorStr Bourne; Alfred (c 1801-1836); ordained missionary, linguist
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scb_admin_history Alfred Bourne was born in c1801 and ordained in 1823. After serving in Oxford (1824) and Reading (1825) he was sent as a missionary to India in 1826 to serve in Madras [Chennai] and Negapatam [Nagapattinam], arriving in early 1827. He spent eight years evangelising in the Madras District where he became familiar with Tamil. However ill health plagued the last three years of his time in India forcing him to leave at the end of 1834. His poor health continued with his death occurring on 27 May 1836.
description Two manuscripts attributed to Rev Alfred Bourne. 1) 'Tamil Extracts. 1830'. Comprises quotes from Tamil texts with very brief descriptions in English. 2) 'Tamil. Some observations with regard to Letters & Pronounciation'. Rear of volume has a Tamil/English wordlist. With three inserts.
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scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access Only to be viewed on microfiche.
scb_copyright Copyright probably held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language Tamil
English
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English
scb_related_material Official correspondence by Alfred Bourne whilst a missionary in India can be found within the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society archive (MMS/India/Correspondence/Madras/FBN 20-21). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, in the Madras district where they served (MMS/India/Synod Minutes/FBN 1).
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