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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Rottler    
First Name(s)  John Peter    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Dr.    
Birth Year  1749    
Death Year  1836    
Entry  Danish Missionary and botanist : born June, 1749 : educated at the Gymnasium and University, Strasburg : ordained at Copenhagen, 1775 : reached Tranquebar, 1776 : studied Tamil, and Indian Botany : made Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Erlangen, 1795 : supplied botanical specimens of S. Indian flora to Europe : toured in Ceylon, 1796 : many of his plants and the catalogue sent to Kew : to Madras, 1803 : Secretary and Chaplain of the Female Orphan Asylum from 1808 : Chaplain at Pulicat, 1814-8 : left the Danish Mission, and succeeded Paezold in the Vepery Mission, Madras, 1817, under the S.P.C.K. : died Jan. 24, 1836 : made a Tamil dictionary, and translated the Prayer Book into Tamil.     
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