Peter Percival
Peter Percival ( 24 July 1803 – 11 July 1882 ) was a British born missionary and educator who opened religious schools in Sri Lanka and South India during the British colonial era . ) During his stay in Jaffna , he led the effort to translate the Authorized King James Version of Bible into the Tamil language , working with the Tamil scholar Arumuka Navalar – a Shaiva Hindu . 
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