# U. V. Swaminatha Iyer

> U.V. Swaminatha Iyer was a Tamil scholar and researcher who was instrumental in bringing many long-forgotten works of classical Tamil literature to light. His singular efforts over five decades brought to light major literary works in Tamil and contributed vastly to the enrichment of its literary heritage. Iyer published over 90 books in his lifetime, on a variety of matters connected to classical Tamil literature, and collected over 3,000 paper manuscripts, palm-leaf manuscripts and notes of various kinds.

*Tamil scholar, researcher and publisher of classical Tamil literature*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1855-02-19
- **Died:** 1942-04-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [U. V. Swaminatha Iyer](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._V._Swaminatha_Iyer)
- [U. V. Swaminatha Iyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._V._Swaminatha_Iyer)
- [உ. வே. சாமிநாதையர்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89._%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
- [యు. వి. స్వామినాథ అయ్యర్](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%81._%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF._%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A5_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D)
- [Wikiquote](https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89._%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7863546)

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