Question

Who was Ferdinard Kittel?

Answer 1

Reverend Ferdinand Kittel(7 April 1832 in Resterhafe, East Frisia – 18 December 1903 in Tübingen) was a priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka. ... He also composed numerous Kannada poems.

Answer 2

Ferdinand Kittel:

• Ferdinand Kittel is a well-known scholar who has added immensely to Kannada culture and literature during the nineteenth century.
• Reverend George Ferdinand Kittel was one of the most renowned scholars who worked unrelentingly in the nineteenth century towards Kannada's literature and culture.
• He has made a reputation beyond recognition for his long-standing publications on the fields of lexicography, textual analysis, literary history and critique, information bases like grammar, prosody, and poetry.
• The fact that he can do this together with his other activities tells a great deal about his commitment, scholarship, and hard work.