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'''John Ralston Marr''' (5 July 1927 – 19 May 2022) was an English [[Indologist]], writer and a member of faculty at the [[SOAS, University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]], London.<ref name="Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80gWwO3XJOMC&q=John+Marr+tamil&pg=PR11 | title=Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary | publisher=University of Chicago Press | author=David Shulman | year=2009 | pages=Preface (p.254) | isbn=9780226755786}}</ref><br />
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He is known as a scholar of [[Carnatic music]] and [[Tamil literature]]<ref name="Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 1 of 5)">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlxGaAHk_E | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 1 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}</ref> and is the author of several publications<ref name="Marr on WorldCat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMarr%2C+John+Ralston.&qt=hot_author | title=Marr on WorldCat | publisher=WorldCat | date=2016 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}</ref> including ''An introduction to colloquial Tamil'',<ref name="An introduction to colloquial Tamil">{{cite book | title=An introduction to colloquial Tamil | publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies |author1=John Ralston Marr |author2=P Kothandaraman |author3=Arumugam Kandiah | year=1979 | pages=130 | oclc=416445131}}</ref> ''The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints'',<ref name="The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints">{{cite book | title=The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints | publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1979 | pages=289 | oclc=498713718}}</ref> ''The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu''<ref name="The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu">{{cite book | title=The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu | publisher=Institute of Asian Studies | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1985 | pages=550 | oclc=13270225}}</ref> and ''Letterature dravidiche'', the last one in Italian language.<ref name="Letterature dravidiche">{{cite book | title=Letterature dravidiche | publisher=Società Editrice Libraria | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1969 | pages=559–626 | oclc=500157803}}</ref> His book, ''An introduction to Colloquial Tamil''. is a prescribed text for post graduate studies in [[Tamil language]] at the [[SOAS, University of London|School of Oriental and African Languages]]<ref name="Tamil Language 1 (PG)">{{cite web | url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/15PSAC311.html | title=Tamil Language 1 (PG) | publisher=School of Oriental and African Languages | date=2016 | access-date=February 15, 2016 | archive-date=24 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124013218/http://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/15PSAC311.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> and he presented a paper at the ''Fourth International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies'' at Jaffna, in 1974.<ref name="Details of the Research Papers">{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/jaffna-international-tamil-research-conference-1974/ | title=Details of the Research Papers | publisher=Sangam | date=2014 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}</ref><br />
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He is a founder trustee of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, UK<ref name="Description">{{cite web | url=http://www.bizdb.co.uk/company/bharatiya-vidya-bhavan-limited-01090630/ | title=Description | publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan | date=2016 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}</ref> and a recipient of the 2011 [[Kural Peedam Award]] of the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]], an autonomous institution under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]].<ref name="Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil-presented/article5219483.ece | title=Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented | work=The Hindu | date=10 October 2013 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}</ref><br />
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The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2009, for his contributions to education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref><br />
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Marr died on 19 May 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering John Marr |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/remembering-john-marr |website=SOAS, University of London |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlxGaAHk_E | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 1 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l4TVky1OA0 | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 2 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ndW2Vgg2U | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 3 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKBe2c3i_Sk | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 4 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxx50Cw1sM | title=Padma Shree Dr John Marr (part 5 of 5) | publisher=Life is Glorious | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=23 Mar 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2016}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book | title=Letterature dravidiche | publisher=Società Editrice Libraria | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1969 | pages=559–626 | oclc=500157803}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=An introduction to colloquial Tamil | publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies |author1=John Ralston Marr |author2=P Kothandaraman |author3=Arumugam Kandiah | year=1979 | pages=130 | oclc=416445131}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The Pĕriya purāṇam frieze at Tārācuram : episodes in the lives of the Tamil Śaiva saints | publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1979 | pages=289 | oclc=498713718}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The eight Tamil anthologies, with special reference to Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u and Patir̲r̲uppattu | publisher=Institute of Asian Studies | author=John Ralston Marr | year=1985 | pages=550 | oclc=13270225}}<br />
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