Gundert Memorial School (Thalassery)
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Very promissing eductional institution.New building for the school is under construction.
We love our school and proud to be a student of it.
Ashwin(Third std)& Akshay(UKG)
Dr. Herman GundertRev. Dr. Hermann Gundert (Stuttgart, February 4, 1814 – April 25, 1893 in Calw, Germany) was a German missionary and scholar, who compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam (1868), the first Malayalam-English dictionary (1872), and translated the Bible into Malayalam. He worked primarily on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India.
Hermann Gundert obtained a doctoral degree in philology from Tübingen. In Kerala, he took a deep interest in the local culture and the Malayalam language, attempting a systematic grammar of the language. This was one of the prominent non-Sanskrit-based approaches to Indic grammar. Gundert considered Malayalam to have diverged from Proto-Tamil-Malayalam, or Proto-Dravidian. Apart from the early inscriptions found on copper and stone, Gundert traced Malayalam to the Rāma Charitam, a poem predating the Sanskrit alphabet.
Gundert is held in high regard to this day among linguistic experts in Kerala for the high scholastic aptitude exhibited in his work. He published two Malayalam journals, of which Rajya Samacharam is considered to be the first newspaper in Kerala.
Though Gundert came to Kerala as a missionary, he is remembered today mainly for his literary contributions. In Thalassery (Tellicherry), people have honored him by a statue in the city.
He was the grandfather of Hermann Hesse, German novelist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946. There is a bungalow in Thalassery where he used to stay when he was there, where the Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) is now situated.
We love our school and proud to be a student of it.
Ashwin(Third std)& Akshay(UKG)
Dr. Herman GundertRev. Dr. Hermann Gundert (Stuttgart, February 4, 1814 – April 25, 1893 in Calw, Germany) was a German missionary and scholar, who compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam (1868), the first Malayalam-English dictionary (1872), and translated the Bible into Malayalam. He worked primarily on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India.
Hermann Gundert obtained a doctoral degree in philology from Tübingen. In Kerala, he took a deep interest in the local culture and the Malayalam language, attempting a systematic grammar of the language. This was one of the prominent non-Sanskrit-based approaches to Indic grammar. Gundert considered Malayalam to have diverged from Proto-Tamil-Malayalam, or Proto-Dravidian. Apart from the early inscriptions found on copper and stone, Gundert traced Malayalam to the Rāma Charitam, a poem predating the Sanskrit alphabet.
Gundert is held in high regard to this day among linguistic experts in Kerala for the high scholastic aptitude exhibited in his work. He published two Malayalam journals, of which Rajya Samacharam is considered to be the first newspaper in Kerala.
Though Gundert came to Kerala as a missionary, he is remembered today mainly for his literary contributions. In Thalassery (Tellicherry), people have honored him by a statue in the city.
He was the grandfather of Hermann Hesse, German novelist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946. There is a bungalow in Thalassery where he used to stay when he was there, where the Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) is now situated.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 11°45'11"N 75°29'4"E
- District Institute of Education & Training, Kannur 4.3 km
- Government Higher Secondary School, Palayad, Thalassery - 670661 ( തലശ്ശേരി ) 4.4 km
- Tellicherry Public School 5.3 km
- GOVT. VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KADIRUR, THALASSERY 6.2 km
- .Mahatma Gandhi Gov. Arts College 6.3 km
- Kadambur English School, Thalassery 7.8 km
- Rani Jai Higher Secondary School 14 km
- JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL 14 km
- Madappalli Govt. School 16 km
- Ursuline Senior Sec School 19 km
- Police Cottage 0.1 km
- Thalassery Muncipal Stadium... the birthplace of Cricket in Indian history 0.3 km
- Chettam Coon (Chettem Kunnu Road) 0.4 km
- Chettam coon Junction 0.5 km
- Gundert Road 0.5 km
- CIVIL & CRIMINAL COURT 0.7 km
- Centenery Park 0.7 km
- Sreerosh Seascape Appartment 0.8 km
- Josgiri Hospital 0.9 km
- Sandesh Bhavan, MGC Center, Thalassery 1 km
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