▁re vised ▁D rew ' s ▁work ▁( Ch ap ters ▁ 1 ▁through ▁ 6 3 ) ▁and ▁published ▁it ▁after ▁comple ting ▁the ▁remaining ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁K ural ▁text , ▁beginning ▁from ▁Chapter ▁ 6 4 ▁through ▁Chapter ▁ 1 3 3 . ▁Thus , ▁D rew ▁and ▁Laz arus ▁together ▁made ▁the ▁first ▁complete ▁pro se ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Tir uk k ural ▁available ▁in ▁English . ▁ ▁As ▁Robert ▁C ald well ▁remarked , ▁" D rew ▁was ▁a ▁Dev out ▁man , ▁a ▁ze alous ▁mission ary , ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁culture ▁and ▁devoted ▁student ▁of ▁T amil ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁His ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁K ural , ▁a ▁great ▁T amil ▁Classic , ▁though ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁live ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁work , ▁placed ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁rank ▁of ▁European ▁T amil ▁sch ol ars ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁I ▁derived ▁much ▁benefit ▁from ▁the ▁stim ulus ▁to ▁T amil ▁studies ▁that ▁I ▁received ▁from ▁my ▁daily ▁inter course ▁with ▁Mr . ▁D rew ." ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Tir uk k ural ▁transl ations ▁ ▁Tir uk k ural ▁transl ations ▁into ▁English ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁transl ators ▁into ▁English ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Christ ian ▁mission aries ▁in ▁India ▁Category : T amil ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁non - T amil ▁background ▁Category : T amil – English ▁transl ators ▁Category : Trans l ators ▁of ▁the ▁Tir uk k ural ▁into ▁English <0x0A> </s> ▁An onym ously ▁Y ours ▁is