MIRON WINSLOW
\mˈa͡ɪ͡ən wˈɪnslə͡ʊ], \mˈaɪən wˈɪnsləʊ], \m_ˈaɪə_n w_ˈɪ_n_s_l_əʊ]\
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An American missionary; born at Williston, Vt., Dec. 11, 1789; died at the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 22, 1864. He went as a missionary to Ceylon, 1819; founded the Madras mission, 1836; was president of the native college at Madras, 1840; translated the Bible into Tamil, 1835. He wrote: "Memoir of Mrs. Harriet Winslow" (1835), his wife, republished in England, and translated into French and Turkish; and "A Tamil and English Dictionary" (1862), his great work, containing over 67,000 Tamil words.
By Charles Dudley Warner
