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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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M. Krishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli]] on 30 June 1912 and was the youngest of eight siblings. His father was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] writer and reformer [[A. Madhaviah]] who worked with the Salt and Abkari Department of the Government of [[Madras]].<ref name="madramsusingsv23n18">{{cite journal|title=Krishnan and his Tamil writings|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2018/krishnan-and-his-tamil-writings.html| | M. Krishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli]] on 30 June 1912 and was the youngest of eight siblings. His father was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] writer and reformer [[A. Madhaviah]] who worked with the Salt and Abkari Department of the Government of [[Madras]].<ref name="madramsusingsv23n18">{{cite journal|title=Krishnan and his Tamil writings|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2018/krishnan-and-his-tamil-writings.html|journal=[[Madras Musings]]|volume=23|issue=18|first=S. Theodore|last=Baskaran|author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref> His father's writings included one of the first realistic Tamil novels, ''[[Padmavathi Charithram]]'' published in 1898 and an English novel ''[[Thillai Govindan]]'' published in 1916.<ref name="madramsusingsv23n18" /> His father voluntarily retired from Government service and started a press from which he published a Tamil magazine called ''[[Panchamritam]]''.<ref name="madramsusingsv23n18" /> When his father died in 1925, he was taken care of by his eldest sister, Lakshmi.<ref name="madramsusingsv23n18" /> | ||
Krishnan studied in the Hindu High School and developed an interest in literature, art and nature. His family lived in [[Mylapore]], and in those days it was covered in shrub and teemed with bird life, [[jackal]]s and [[blackbuck]]s. Krishnan even had a pet [[mongoose]]. In 1927 Krishnan joined the Presidency College and graduated with a BA in 1931. He also took a keen interest in [[botany]], taught by Professor [[Philip Furley Fyson|P. F. Fyson]]. He accompanied Fyson on field trips to the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiris]] and the [[Kodaikanal]] hills and also acquired watercolour painting techniques from Professor Fyson's wife. Krishnan did not do well in his education and jobs were not easy. One of his older brother's who was married to the daughter of Sir [[T. Vijayaraghavacharya]] of the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] at [[Pusa]], took Krishnan to his father-in-law for advice. Krishnan was told that unless he managed to do well in studies, he could not be helped. | Krishnan studied in the Hindu High School and developed an interest in literature, art and nature. His family lived in [[Mylapore]], and in those days it was covered in shrub and teemed with bird life, [[jackal]]s and [[blackbuck]]s. Krishnan even had a pet [[mongoose]]. In 1927 Krishnan joined the Presidency College and graduated with a BA in 1931. He also took a keen interest in [[botany]], taught by Professor [[Philip Furley Fyson|P. F. Fyson]]. He accompanied Fyson on field trips to the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiris]] and the [[Kodaikanal]] hills and also acquired watercolour painting techniques from Professor Fyson's wife. Krishnan did not do well in his education and jobs were not easy. One of his older brother's who was married to the daughter of Sir [[T. Vijayaraghavacharya]] of the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] at [[Pusa]], took Krishnan to his father-in-law for advice. Krishnan was told that unless he managed to do well in studies, he could not be helped. | ||
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{{quotation|the public (both literate and unlettered) has no interest in the great national heritage of wildlife, of which it knows little and for which it cares less.}} | {{quotation|the public (both literate and unlettered) has no interest in the great national heritage of wildlife, of which it knows little and for which it cares less.}} | ||
He refused a paid invitation from [[Air India]] for a trip to London for eminent Indians. He refused on another occasion an invitation from the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. He was a fierce individualist and a recluse. Author Ramachandra Guha called him a self-reliant, Thoreauvian individualist who would not allow a mere government to pay for him. He however accepted the [[Padma Shri]] from the Indian Government in 1970.<ref name="padmashri">http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=1960</ref> | He refused a paid invitation from [[Air India]] for a trip to London for eminent Indians. He refused on another occasion an invitation from the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. He was a fierce individualist and a recluse. Author Ramachandra Guha called him a self-reliant, Thoreauvian individualist who would not allow a mere government to pay for him. He however accepted the [[Padma Shri]] from the Indian Government in 1970.<ref name="padmashri">{{Cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=1960|title = National Portal of India}}</ref> | ||
In some of his writings he was critical and opinionated and was not well known for his diplomacy. He would refuse to let editors change his texts and that was his condition when asked to contribute a column. He fiercely argued that the usage ''Himalaya'' was correct and that a redundant 's' at its end did not respect its Sanskrit origin. | In some of his writings he was critical and opinionated and was not well known for his diplomacy. He would refuse to let editors change his texts and that was his condition when asked to contribute a column. He fiercely argued that the usage ''Himalaya'' was correct and that a redundant 's' at its end did not respect its Sanskrit origin. | ||
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==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
Krishnan was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 1960 for his work.<ref name="padmashri" /> and the prestigious [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web| title = Official list of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows (1969-present)|work = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund]] | url = http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html }}</ref> His birth centenary in 2012, was commemorated by the [[Madras Naturalists' Society]], Prakriti Foundation and the IIT Wildlife Club.<ref name="madrasmusingsv22n14">{{cite journal|title=The national treasure that was M. Krishnan|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2022%20No%2014/the-national-treasure-that-was-m-krishnan.html|volume=22|issue=14|first=Kumaran|last=Sathasivam| | Krishnan was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 1960 for his work.<ref name="padmashri" /> and the prestigious [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web| title = Official list of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows (1969-present)|work = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund]] | url = http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html }}</ref> His birth centenary in 2012, was commemorated by the [[Madras Naturalists' Society]], Prakriti Foundation and the IIT Wildlife Club.<ref name="madrasmusingsv22n14">{{cite journal|title=The national treasure that was M. Krishnan|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2022%20No%2014/the-national-treasure-that-was-m-krishnan.html|volume=22|issue=14|first=Kumaran|last=Sathasivam|journal=Madras Musings}}</ref> The Madras Naturalists' Society which featured most of Krishnan's writings in their journal ''Blackbuck'' in the 1990s gives away the "M. Krishnan Memorial Nature Writing Award" annually.<ref name="thehindu_20130915">{{cite news|title=Essay contest on wildlife|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/essay-contest-on-wildlife/article5129564.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 September 2013}}</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||