| 词条 | R. Kanagasuntheram |
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| honorific_prefix = Professor | name = R. Kanagasuntheram | honorific_suffix = FZS C.Biol F.I.Biol | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = R. Kanagasuntheram.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|10|13}} | birth_place = Karainagar, Ceylon | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|06|19|1919|10|13}} | death_place = Adelaide, Australia | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Karainagar Hindu College Jaffna Hindu College University of Ceylon University of Cambridge | occupation = Academic | title = Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna | term = July 1981 – December 1983 | predecessor = A. A. Hoover | successor = C. Sivagnanasundram | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} Professor Ragunathar Kanagasuntheram (13 October 1919 – 19 June 2010) was a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, zoologist, academic and dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jaffna. Early life and familyKanagasuntheram was born on 13 October 1919 in Karainagar in northern Ceylon.[1][2] He was the son of Ragunathar, a teacher from Karainagar.[1][3] He was educated at Karainagar Hindu College and Jaffna Hindu College.[1][2] After school he joined Ceylon Medical College in 1938.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1944 with a first class honours MBBS degree and was awarded the Rockwood Gold Medal.[3][2] He passed the part 1 of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons exam in 1947 but did not sit the part 2 exam due to health reasons.[1][3] Kanagasuntheram married Sornam.[3] They had two sons (Narendran and Rajendran) and three daughters (Pathmini, Bhavani and Panja).[3] CareerKanagasuntheram joine the University of Ceylon, Colombo as a lecturer in anatomy in 1948.[1][2][4] He then proceeded to the University of Cambridge from where he received a PhD degree in 1952.[1][2][3] He won colours at Cambridge in tennis.[2] Kanagasuntheram then worked at the University of Khartoum from 1958 and 1962 as a senior lecturer and reader of anatomy.[1][2] He was appointed Professor of Anatomy and head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Singapore in 1962.[1][2][3] He was the first Asian to chair the department.[3][4] He retired in 1979 and was appointed emeritus professor in 1981.[1][2][3][4] He was visiting professor at Flinders University.[2] Kanagasuntheram was Professor of Anatomy and head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Jaffna.[1][3] He was dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the university from July 1981 to December 1983.[1][2][5] Kanagasuntheram became a member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1951, and later on was made a life member.[2][3] He was a fellow of the Zoological Society of London, fellow of the Institute of Biology and a member of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore.[2][3] He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Jaffna.[2] The National University of Singapore has named a bursary in honour of Kanagasuntheram.[6] Later lifeKanagasuntheram returned to Singapore.[1] He died on 19 June 2010 in Adelaide, Australia.[2][3][4] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|pages=73–74}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanagasuntheram, R.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite journal|last=Gunaratne|first=Mahasara|title=Appreciation: Professor Ragunathar Kanagasuntheram|journal=Ceylon Medical Journal|year=2011|volume=56|issue=2|url=http://www.sljol.info/index.php/CMJ/article/view/3125/2499|issn=0009-0875|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232501/http://www.sljol.info/index.php/CMJ/article/view/3125/2499|archivedate=12 May 2014|df=dmy-all}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite journal|last=Tay|first=S. S. W.|title=Professor Ragunathar Kanagasuntheram (1919–2010)|journal=Journal of Anatomy|date=September 2010|volume=217|issue=3|pages=i–ii|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01276.x|pmc=2972531}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal|last=Tay|first=Samuel|title=Eulogy: In Celebration of the Life of Professor Ragunathar Kanagasuntheram|journal=SMA News|date=August 2010|volume=42|issue=8|pages=14–15|url=http://news.sma.org.sg/4208/Eulogy.pdf}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/med/index.php/about-us/|publisher=Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=About the R. Kanagasuntheram Bursary (NEW!)|url=http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/_downloads/adm_financial_assistance/financial-assistance-12.pdf|publisher=National University of Singapore|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904044537/http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/_downloads/adm_financial_assistance/financial-assistance-12.pdf|archivedate=4 September 2014|df=dmy-all}} 18 : 1919 births|2010 deaths|Academics of the University of Ceylon|Academics of the University of Jaffna|Alumni of Ceylon Medical College|Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|Alumni of the University of Ceylon|Fellows of the Zoological Society of London|Flinders University faculty|National University of Singapore faculty|People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka|People of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Tamil academics|Sri Lankan Tamil physicians|Sri Lankan Tamil writers|Sri Lankan Tamil zoologists|University of Khartoum faculty |
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