SPRING, Francis. 17?? — 18??. Rev. British (?) Missionary of Church Missionary Society in India. M.A. Chaplain of Madras Army in Tellicherry from before 1817, when he founded a school there. Returned in 1824. The first name is somewhat uncertain, some Internet sources call him Frederic James. On his book’s title page he is simply F. Spring.
Publications: Outlines of a Grammar of the Malayalim Language, as spoken in the Provinces of North and South Malabar and the Kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin. Madras 1839.
– A catechism and some biblical translations in Malayālam.
Sources: A few notes in The Missionary Register, etc.
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