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	In 1896, he became a headmaster in a Christian school. In 1897, he joined Maharajas College at Eranakulam as scientific assistant The log book kept at St Berchmans H S Changanacherry states, "He took charge of the school as Headmaster on 22 February 1897 ≥.He was there till May that year and left for Ernakulam by former Headmaster Thomas K J kallarakavumkal Mammood P O PIN 686536 Changanacherry Kerala".{{citation needed\|date=June 2019}}		In 1896, he became a headmaster in a Christian school. In 1897, he joined Maharajas College at Eranakulam as scientific assistant The log book kept at St Berchmans H S Changanacherry states, "He took charge of the school as Headmaster on 22 February 1897 ≥.He was there till May that year and left for Ernakulam by former Headmaster Thomas K J kallarakavumkal Mammood P O PIN 686536 Changanacherry Kerala".{{citation needed\|date=June 2019}}

	His son, [[L. A. Krishna Iyer]], was a noted anthropologist and a [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee.<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 \|accessdate=3 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref>		His son, [[L. A. Krishna Iyer]], was a noted anthropologist and a [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee.<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 \|accessdate=3 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

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'''Diwan Bahadur''' '''Lakshminarayanapuram Krishna Ananthakrishna Iyer''' (1861–1937) was an [[anthropologist]] of [[British India]]. He is known for his work among the hill tribes of the western part of [[Madras province]].<ref name="VidyarthiRai1977">{{cite book|author1=Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi|author2=Binay Kumar Rai|title=The Tribal Culture of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scgz0Uzn64YC&pg=PA58|year=1977|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|pages=58–|id=GGKEY:WY79CWZYNC2}}</ref>

==Early life==
Ananthakrishna Iyer was born to Vedic scholar L. N. Krishna Iyer, in the village of [[Lakshminarayanapuram]] near [[Palghat]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] which is in modern-day [[Kerala]]. He was the eldest of four sons and two daughters.

He matriculated from Palaghat high school in 1878 and passed BA from Madras Christian college in 1883.

==Career==
Ananthakrishna Iyer is best known for his books ''Castes and Tribes of [[Mysore]]'', and ''Castes and Tribes of [[Cochin]]''. Both are pioneering works on the tribes inhabiting India's west coast. He worked at the Revenue Department at Vayanad, then left to join Victoria College Palaghat.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In 1896, he became a headmaster in a Christian school. In 1897, he joined Maharajas College at Eranakulam as scientific assistant The log book kept at St Berchmans H S Changanacherry states, "He took charge of the school as Headmaster on 22 February 1897 ≥.He was there till May that year and left for Ernakulam by former Headmaster Thomas K J kallarakavumkal Mammood P O PIN 686536 Changanacherry Kerala".{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

His son, [[L. A. Krishna Iyer]], was a noted anthropologist and a [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee.<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 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

== Works ==
*''The Mysore Tribes and Castes''. Mysore: [[Mysore University]] Press. (1930)
*''Tribes and Castes of Cochin''. (1912)
*''The Anthropology of the Syrian Christians''. (1926?)

== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite web|title=Diwan Bahadur L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer|url=http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b82_109.pdf|publisher=Indian Institute of Science|access-date=8 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316084320/http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b82_109.pdf|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
* Ajit K. Danda (ed.) (1989) ''L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer: 125th Birth Anniversary Tribute''. Special Volume of ''Human Science''.

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