Liston Garthwaite
Educationist, Translator and Publisher who worked in India during 19th Century
About Liston Garthwaite
Lived 1833 – 1918 (aged 84–85). Liston Garthwaite was an English and British educator, known for Head teacher.
James Grant Liston Garthwaite (1833 – 21 December 1918) was a British educator, author and translator who worked in British India in the nineteenth century.
From 1857 Garthwaite served as the headmaster of various schools in India and later as deputy school inspector. From 1869 he became school inspector.
Garthwaite prepared several textbooks and collected and published petitions in Kannada and Malayalam for the Government. In 1884 Garthwaite was awarded a Fellowship by the University of Madras. He was awarded the British title Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.
After his retirement in 1888, Garthwaite worked with missionaries to make Braille compatible for thirteen Indian languages. In 1900, after several trips to South Australia, he moved there permanently to live in Norwood, South Australia.
Garthwaite died on 21 December 1918 in Glenelg, South Australia.
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Educationist, Translator and Publisher who worked in India during 19th Century
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Liston Garthwaite was born in 1833.
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Liston Garthwaite died on 21 December 1918 in Australia, Glenelg, South Australia.
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Liston Garthwaite was an educator.
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Liston Garthwaite was known for Head teacher.
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Liston Garthwaite was English and British.
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