W. L. Jeyasingham
W.L. Jeyasingham | |
|---|---|
| Born | William Luther Jeyasingham 7 January 1916 |
| Died | December 1989 (aged 73) |
| Education | St Patrick's College, Jaffna St. Joseph's College, Colombo University of Ceylon Clark University |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Title | Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna |
| Term | December 1978 – January 1979 |
| Predecessor | K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal & S. Gamalath |
| Successor | S. Rajaratnam |
William Luther "W.L." Jeyasingham (7 January 1916 – December 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, geographer, academic and dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
Early life and family[edit]
Jeyasingham was born on 7 January 1916.[1] He was educated at St Patrick's College, Jaffna and St. Joseph's College, Colombo.[1] He passed the Cambridge Seniors exam with honours and matriculated in 1933.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, graduating in 1939 with a degree in mathematics and geography.[1]
Jeyasingham married Sarah Pushpam Mills.[1] They had four sons and a daughter.[1]
Career[edit]
Jeyasingham joined Jaffna College as a teacher in 1940.[1] He then won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Clark University from where he received a MA degree in 1951 after producing a thesis tiled The Kalutara District, with Special Reference to Settlements.[2] He received a Phd from the university in 1958 after producing a thesis tiled The Geography of Jaffna Town.[1][2]
Jeyasingham then returned to Jaffna College, serving as head of the social services department and president of the college (1965–74).[1]
Jeyasingham was later an associate professor and head of the department of geography at the University of Jaffna.[1] He was dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university from December 1978 to January 1979.[3]
Later life[edit]
Jeyasingham moved to the United States in 1984. He died in December 1989, aged 73.[where?][1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 63.
- ^ a b "Guy Burnham Index" (PDF). Clark University.
- ^ "Former Deans". Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- 1916 births
- 1989 deaths
- Academic staff of the University of Jaffna
- Alumni of St. Patrick's College, Jaffna
- Alumni of the University of Ceylon
- Clark University alumni
- Faculty of Jaffna College
- People from British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan academics
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan geographers
- Sri Lankan teachers
- American people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent