Charles E. Gover

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Charles Edward Gover
Born1835 (1835)
Tirukkural
into English
SpouseClara Gertrude Taylor
Children5
Parent
  • Thomas Gover (father)

Charles Edward Gover (1835–1872) was a

Tirukkural
into English.

Life

Gover was the son of Thomas Gover of

Royal Asiatic Society, but withdrew in 1871–1872. He was a member of the Society of Arts and a fellow of the Anthropological Society.[2]

Gover married Clara Gertrude Taylor in 1863 and had five children with her.

St Andrew's Church
there.

Works

Gover wrote a pamphlet on "Indian Weights and Measures, their condition and remedy" (Madras, 1865). During 1866, he communicated to the Asiatic Society a paper on "The Pongol Festival in Southern India" (Journal, new ser. v. 91–118), where he asserted without proof that the festival was a remnant of primitive

Canarese, of which he gave specimens in a poetical English version.[2]

Gover also wrote essays on Indian folklore for the

William Henry Drew.[5]

Canarese, are pure Aryan.[2][6]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4384-3199-4
    .
  2. ^ a b c Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Gover, Charles E." . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11166. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ Gover, Charles E. (1871). "The folk-songs of southern India". Madras: Higginbotham and Co. (342 pages). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ISBN 978-81-908000-2-0
    .
  6. ^ Athenæum, 27 July 1872, pp. 111–112, 26 Oct. 1872, p. 531; Annual Reports of Royal Asiatic Society, May 1868 and May 1870, pp. x–xi.

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