Last Days
He spent his working years at Calw. During this time he published in German four publications including a children’s newspaper. In 1855 his wife had died. Even before that his son Samuel Gundert died. Suffering from dropsy, Dr. Gundert was bed ridden by 1890, and on April 25, 1893, he died.
Though Gundert came to Kerala as a missionary, he is remembered today mainly for his literary contributions. In the city of Thalassery (Tellicherry), he has been honored with a statue. The bungalow in which he used to live is now the home of the Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF).
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