Thomas Prendergast

Thomas Prendergast
Born	1806 (1806)
Died	14 November 1886(1886-11-14) (aged 79–80) Cheltenham, England
Nationality	British
Employer	East India Company
Known for	The "mastery system" of learning foreign languages
Notable work	The Mastery of Languages (1864)
Children	Harry Prendergast

Thomas Prendergast (1806 – 14 November 1886) was a British administrator in the service of the East India Company, and the inventor of the "mastery system" of learning foreign languages.