Marie's father, Hermann Gundert, managed the publishing house at the time,
and Johannes Hesse succeeded him in 1893.
Marie's father, Hermann Gundert(also the namesake of his grandson),
managed the publishing house at the time, and Johannes Hesse succeeded him in 1893.
His grandfather Hermann Gundert compiled the current grammar in Malayalam language,
compiled a Malayalam-English dictionary, and also contributed to the work in translating the Bible to Malayalam.