| 词条 | W. L. Jeyasingham |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = W. L. Jeyasingham | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|01|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = December 1989 | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | 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 | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} William Luther 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 familyJeyasingham 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] CareerJeyasingham 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 lifeJeyasingham moved to the USA in 1984.[1] He died in December 1989.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{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|page=63}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeyasingham, W. L.}}2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Guy Burnham Index|url=http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/gradpdf/Burnham_index.pdf|publisher=Clark University}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Former Deans |url=http://www.jfn.ac.lk/arts/index.php/home/2012-02-28-04-04-29 |publisher=Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505003110/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/arts/index.php/home/2012-02-28-04-04-29 |archivedate=May 5, 2013 }} 12 : 1916 births|1989 deaths|Academics 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 of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Tamil academics|Sri Lankan Tamil geographers|Sri Lankan Tamil teachers|American people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent |
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