Nathaniel Edward Kindersley

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley
1787 portrait
Born(1763-02-02)2 February 1763
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died16 February 1831(1831-02-16) (aged 68)
Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation(s)Officer, British East India Company
Known forFirst translator of Tirukkural into English
SpouseHannah Butterworth
Children2, including Richard Torin Kindersley
MotherJemima Wickstead

Nathaniel Edward Kindersley (2 February 1763 – 16 February 1831) was an English civil service officer to the British East India Company. He is known for being the first translator of the Tirukkural into English in 1794.