1. Peter Percival was a British born missionary and educator who opened religious schools in Sri Lanka and South India during the British colonial era.
10 Facts About Peter Percival
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Peter Percival was instrumental in starting and upgrading a number of Christian schools within the Jaffna peninsula.
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Peter Percival published English-Tamil and English-Telugu dictionaries as well as a number of books on Indian culture and religion.
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Peter Percival died in 1882 in Yercaud in present-day Tamil Nadu.
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Peter Percival spent most of his early adult life in Jaffna peninsula until 1851, with a short stint in Bengal.
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Peter Percival favored Christian schools rather than the direct evangelization approach of Stott.
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Peter Percival became an Anglican priest ordained by Bishop of Madras in 1855.
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Peter Percival translated into English, Tamil proverbs and the literary work of Avvaiyar, a Tamil poet.
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Peter Percival's daughter married pioneering geologist and archaeologist Robert Bruce Foote.
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Peter Percival retired to the hill station town of Yercaud and died in 1882.