Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747

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1698 became a Jesuit; 1711-1717 participated in the Madurai mission, Elakurichy near Tiruchirapalli; 1717-? parish priest, Kamanayakkanpatti.

Epithet: Jesuit missionary and Tamil poet

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0001b4

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referencedIn	Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chief..., 1804-1841	British Library
creatorOf	`Clavis Humaniorum Litterarum Sublimioris Tamulici Idiomatis': manuscript of the work by Father Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi (1680-1747), Jesuit missionary in south India 1710-47, thought to be corrected by himself, and used by Arthur Coke Burnell for h..., 1735	British Library
creatorOf	Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747. Diction[n]aire tamoul-françois pour expliquer le tamoul vulgaire, avec une préface ... / composé par le Révérend Père Constant Joseph Beschi de la Compagnie de Jésu [sic], misionaire [sic] de l' Inde ..., 1744.	The British Library, Group Batchload
creatorOf	Tamil-Latin Dictionary presented in 1821 by William Duffin, Madras Medical Service 1767-97, and said to have been copied from an earlier manuscript by Father Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi (1680-1747), Jesuit missionary in south India 1710-47, furnished by...	British Library
creatorOf	Manuscript of the first two books of the `Kural', containing the Tamil text, a transliteration, Latin translation, and commentary, apparently copied about 1825 from an earlier manuscript attributed to Father Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi (1680-1747), Jes..., 1825	British Library

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Birth 1680-11-08

Death 1747-02-04

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Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747

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