Emmons E. White (1891–1982) was a Christian missionary in South India.
Their interests included the education and care of children, famine relief, a hospital for lepers, Christian churches in the region, and Tamil music.
The also adopted a daughter, Sakundula, who was orphaned during World War II.
[1][2] In 1968, White translated select couplets of the Tirukkural into English in verse form and published it in his work The Wisdom of India.
[3] White considered Tirukkural as "a synthesis of the best moral teachings of the world.