BEXELL, David Enoch Fridolf Samuel. Barnarp, Jönköpings län 24.8.1861 — Tirupattur 5.7.1938. Swedish Missionary in South India. Son of Rev. Josef Bexell (1815–1897) and Maria Hansson. Studied at Lund and Leipzig. Ordained 1887 and left for India. Worked in different mission stations, in 1893-99 in Coimbatore and 1900-09 in Pudukkottai. In 1927-34 Lutheran Bishop of Trankebar, then emeritus.
Publications: Revised and enlarged edition of Fabricius’ Tamil and English Dictionary. 3 ed. Tranquebar 1933, 4th ed. Tranquebar 1972.
– Translated religious literature into Tamil.
Sources: *S. Estborn, Från Taberg till Tranquebar. Levnadsteckning över biskop D.B. Stockholm 1940; Swedish and German Wikipedia.
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