John Garrett (linguist)

John Garrett (1815–1893) was a Wesleyan missionary in India, at the Canarese Mission in Bangalore Petah, and by profession a printer.

Garrett was a linguist and a scholar of languages including Canarese (Kannada), Sanskrit ad Tamil, as well as Persian, German and Latin. He established the Wesleyan Mission Press at Bangalore Petah around 1841. Garrett founded the Central High School in 1858, now the Central College, and served as its first principal.

Further, Garrett held posts in the Department of Public Instruction of Mysore State. His most significant contribution to Kannada literature was the first translation of the Bhagawat Gita into Kannada in 1846.

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