Sastri. The latter came to Tanjore from Tirunelvely with another missionary, missionary Schwartz. This close association between Pope and Sastri enabled the missionary to read a number of Tamil works. Dr. Pope had a teaching assignment in Tanjore and soon he became the headmaster of his school (1854). Like Sawyerpuram, while at Tanjore he wrote a number of books, i.e. Tamil Hand Book, Tamil Grammar, Tamil-English, English-Tamil Dictionaries, History Books and Anthologies. At this time there broke out in Tanjore severe quarrels among Christians on the basis of caste. It was then, Dr. Pope left the S. P. G. also (1858). Soon after, he left for Ootacamund and here also in the hilly terrain he started his life's work. With great effort he founded a private school which was housed in “Stone House.” There were only three students in the beginning. One boy was his own son and the other two were the District Collector's sons. From “Stone House” they moved as they grew in strength. At Ooty he founded also a big library. Dr. Pope saw that in Ooty there were several European prisoners and at once started to work among them, redeeming them back as good citizens. His efforts and labours did not pass unnoticed and in 1864, he was given the “Doctor of Divinity” from Canterbury.

From Ooty, Pope moved to Bangalore where he took up teaching at the Bishop Cotton School. Here also, he soon became headmaster.

Through his ceaseless efforts, he was able in 1873, to build a class room and a hostel. At Bangalore, in Bishop Cotton's there is to this day a building dedicated to Dr. Pope's memory. He stayed in Bangalore till 1882, when he left for England after almost 42 years of work on Indian soil.

Three years later, in 1885, he joined the staff of Oxford University and taught Tamil and Telugu as Professor of Tamil. In 1886, he obtained his Master of Arts Degree and in the same year, he commenced work on a Tamil Dictionary, which however he left incomplete. Besides, he wrote numerous essays for various magazines. About this time (in 1886), his translation of the unique Tamil work the “Sacred Kuraḷ” was completed and by 1893, he