Walpola Rahula

Walpola Rahula

male, deceased (1997)
Sri Jayawardenapura University, The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera, bhikkhu, Sinhalese, Scholar, theravada buddhism…ceylon
The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera (1907-1997) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. He is considered to be one of the top Sri...
James Emerson Tennent

James Emerson Tennent

male, deceased (1869)
Fellow of the Royal Society, belfast, trinity college, earl grey, ceylon, calico
Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet (7 April 1804-6 March 1869), born James Emerson, was an English politician and traveller. The third son of...
Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee

male, deceased (1967)
English, buried at Westminster Abbey, anti-communist, British Military, myanmar, World War I…ceylon
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 - 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

male
ceylon, tamil, Sri Lankan Tamil politician, University of Jaffna, Sri Lankan Tamil, Old Royalist
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan was a tamil political leader of Ceylon. He was the founder of Uduvil Ramanathan Girls College and Parameshwara College...
Ameer Ali

Ameer Ali

male
London School of Economics, Australian Islamic community leader, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, University of Ceylon, Government of Australia, Federal Government…ceylon
Ameer Ali is the ex-President of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, an umbrella group for various Islamic groups or councils in...

Faxian

male
Liu Song Buddhist, Jin Dynasty Buddhist, Memoirs of Marvellous Monk, Buddhist scripture, Fa-hsien, Qingzhou…ceylon
Faxian (also romanized as "Fa-Hien" or "Fa-hsien") (ca. 337 - ca. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, who, between 399 and 412 travelled to India and...
Ivor Jennings

Ivor Jennings

male
Bristol Grammar School, Reid Commission, University of Ceylon, British constitution, William Ivor Jennings, Constitution of Malaysia…ceylon
Sir William Ivor Jennings, KBE, (May 16, 1903 - December 19, 1965) educated at Bristol Grammar School, was a British lawyer, and educator who went...
Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

male
ceylon, tamil, ccs, Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Sri Lankan Tamil, Old Royalist…Ceylon Civil Service
Sir Ponnambalam Arunachchalam CCS (September 14, 1853- January 9, 1924) was a tamil political leader of Ceylon.

Sir Edward Barnes

male, deceased (1838)
member of parliament, Russian, British, Austrian, British Army general, Colonel…ceylon
Sir Edward Barnes (1776-1838), British soldier who became governor of Ceylon. Barnes joined the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1792, and quickly rose to...

James Stuart

male, deceased (1815)
British Army officer, Cuddalore, dunfermline, British Army general, ceylon, hyder
James Stuart, general, frequently confounded with another general of that name (→James Stuart (d. 1793)), was the third son of John Stuart of Bl...