Tamil Nadu + Germany( Halle)

• Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (June 10, 1682 - February 23, 1719)
• born in the village of Pulsnitz in Saxony on June 10, 1682 ; studied at the University of Halle
• member of the Lutheran clergy
• first Protestant missionary to India ; Dänisch-Halleschen Mission
German missionaries, Ziegenbalg and Plutschau and Grundler in Tranquebar, Schultze and Gericke, Fabricius and Breithaupt in Madras, Schwartz in Tanjore, Kiernander in Serampore

Dictionary, grammar in Tamil of the New & Old Testament up to the Book of Ruth

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