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John Ralston Marr was a British Indologist, writer and a former member of faculty at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.[1] He is known as a scholar of Carnatic music and Tamil literature[2] and is the author of several publications[3] including An introduction to colloquial Tamil,[4] The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints,[5] The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu[6] and Letterature dravidiche, the last one in Italian language.[7] His book, An introduction to Colloquial Tamil. is a prescribed text for post graduate studies in Tamil language at the School of Oriental and African Languages[8] and he presented a paper at the Fourth International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies at Jaffna, in 1974.[9] He is a founder trustee of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, UK[10] and a recipient of the 2011 Kural Peedam Award of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.[11] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Education.[12]

John Ralston Marr
Born	5 July 1927 United Kingdom
Died	19 May 2022 United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer Indologist
Known for	Tamil Studies
Awards	Padma Shri Kural Peedam Award

References

External links

• "Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 1 of 5)". YouTube video. Life is Glorious. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
• "Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 2 of 5)". YouTube video. Life is Glorious. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
• "Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 3 of 5)". YouTube video. Life is Glorious. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
• "Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 4 of 5)". YouTube video. Life is Glorious. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
• "Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 5 of 5)". YouTube video. Life is Glorious. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

Further reading

• John Ralston Marr (1969). Letterature dravidiche. Società Editrice Libraria. pp. 559–626. OCLC 500157803.
• John Ralston Marr; P Kothandaraman; Arumugam Kandiah (1979). An introduction to colloquial Tamil. School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 130. OCLC 416445131.
• John Ralston Marr (1979). The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints. School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 289. OCLC 498713718.
• John Ralston Marr (1985). The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu. Institute of Asian Studies. p. 550. OCLC 13270225.

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