ONDAATJE, Matthew Jurgen. 1??? — 1???. Rev. Dutch Priest in Ceylon and Batavia in the 18th century. Proponent of Colombo, alter clergyman in Batavia. Published Christian works in Sinhalese in the 1780s.
There was another, Rev. W. J. Ondaatje, V.D.M., who was Rector of Government Seminary in Colombo around 1770. A third, Mr. Mat. P. J. Ondaatje, published a list of works published by the Dutch Government in Ceylon in JRAS N.S. 1, 1865, 141-144.
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