On 14 July 1909, Ramanujan was married to a nine-year old bride, Janaki Ammal, as per the customs of India at that time and began searching for a job. Ramanujan did not live with his wife, however, until she was twelve years old. With his collection of mathematical results, he travelled around the city of Madras looking for a clerical position. In 1911 Ramanujan approached the founder of the Indian Mathematical Society for advice on a job. After this he was appointed to his first job, a temporary post in the Accountant General's Office in Madras. It was then suggested that he approach Ramachandra Rao who was a Collector at Nellore. Ramachandra Rao was a founder member of the Indian Mathematical Society who had helped start the mathematics library. Being dedicated to mathematics Ramanujan wanted to focus his time completely on mathematics and needed financial help to carry on his research. He solicited support from many influential Indians and published several papers in Indian mathematical journals, but was unsuccessful in his attempts to foster sponsorship. It might be the case that he was supported by Ramachandra Rao, then the collector of the Nellore district and a distinguished civil servant. Rao, an amateur mathematician himself, was the uncle of the well-known mathematician, K. Ananda Rao, who went on to become the Principal of the Presidency College. Following his supervisor's advice, Ramanujan, in late 1912 and early 1913, sent letters and samples of his theorems to three Cambridge academics: H. F. Baker, E. W. Hobson, and G. H. Hardy. The first two professors returned his letters without any comments. On the otherhand, Hardy was quickly able to recognize the genius demonstrated by his theorems. Upon reading the initial unsolicited missive by an unknown and untrained Indian mathematician, G.H.Hardy and his colleague J.E. Littlewood after discussion, concluded, "not one [theorem] could have been set in the most advanced mathematical examination in the world." Although Hardy was one of the most eminent mathematicians of his day and an expert in a number of fields that Ramanujan was writing about, he commented that, "many of them [theorems] defeated me completely; I had never seen anything in the least like them before."