George Uglow Pope

George Uglow Pope
Born	24 April 1820 Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died	11 February 1908 (aged 87) Oxford, England
Resting place	St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Jericho, Oxford, England
Occupations	Anglican missionary Tamil scholar translator
Spouses	Mary Carver ​ (m. 1841⁠–⁠1845)​ Henrietta Page ​ (m. 1849)​

George Uglow Pope (24 April 1820 – 11 February 1908), or G. U. Pope, was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Thiruvasagam.

He later took to teaching, running his own school in Ootacamund for while and then moving to head the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and after returning to England worked as a Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. A statue on the Chennai beach recognizes him for his contribution to the understanding and promotion of the Tamil language.