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| birth_date = 1659<br />
| birth_place = Elbing near Danzig (now [[Gdańsk]]) in German-speaking Poland<br />
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| occupation = Foreign translator, author<br />
| years_active = 1659-1718<br />
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'''John Jeshua Kettler''' (1659–1718), was a Dutch-speaking Kettler. He came to [[Surat]], India for business. He traveled from Surat to [[Delhi]], [[Agra]] and [[Lahore]]. He learned [[Hindi]] and wrote Hindustani grammar in Dutch. This Dutch manuscript was copied by Isaac Van Der Hoeve in 1698. It was translated into Latin by David Mill. The Latin version of this book was published in 1743 in [[Leiden]], Holland. A copy is available in the [[National Library of India]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Banerjee|first1=Manabendu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drHWAAAAMAAJ&q=John+Joshua+Kettler|title=Nyāya-Vasiṣṭha: Felicitation Volume of Prof. V.N. Jha|last2=Panse|first2=Ujjwala|date=2006|publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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His father was a bookbinder and he wanted John to follow him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-22|title=The earliest Hindustani grammar|url=https://bc.library.uu.nl/earliest-hindustani-grammar.html|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Special Collections - Utrecht University Library|language=en}}</ref><br />
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