Thomas Candy
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Thomas Candy (13 December 1804 - 26 February 1877) was an English educator with a lifelong association to India, who made lasting contributions to the lexicography, orthography, and stylistics of the Marathi language.[1]
Thomas Candy (together with his twin brother George) was born in England on 13 December 1804. After being educated in Indian languages at the
George had left the army in 1838 and become a Christian Missionary. He is the author of an early Christian pamphlet in Marathi, titled 'ख्रिस्ती धर्म कसा उत्पन्न झाला आणि कसा पृथ्वीवर वाढला (The Origin and Growth of Christianity on Earth, 1832)'. George subsequently returned to England in 1854.
After the completion of the English-Marathi dictionary, Thomas (who remained in India until his death) devoted his energies to the creation of Marathi textbooks in sundry school subjects, as well as Marathi translations of several English treatises, such as the
Thomas newly introduced the use of
Throughout his life, Thomas served in several capacities as an educator, notably as Superintendent of Poona Sanskrit College, Superintendent of Schools in the southern region, and Principal of the Deccan College. He died in the town of Mahabaleshwar, in Maharashtra, India on 26 February 1877.
References
- ^ a b Article on 'कॅँडी, मेजर टॉमस (Candy, Major Thomas)' in volume 3 of the Marathi Vishwakosh (Marathi Encyclopedia) by S.R. Deshpande, Marathi Vishwakosh Mandal, Bombay, 1976-2008.
- ^ Gogate, Sharad. 'George and Thomas Candy: A Biographical Sketch', Prefaced to Molesworth's Marathi-English Dictionary, Reprinted by Shubhada-Saraswat Publications, Pune, 1996.