“Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka

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History
Journal
Presidents
References
External links

The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of the oldest learned societies in Sri Lanka with a history of over 160 years. It was established on 7 February 1845, paralleling the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland to further oriental research as the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In 1977 it was renamed the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.

History

The Society played a major role in the establishment of national institutions including the Colombo National Museum, Department of Archaeology, Department of National Archives, Department of Meteorology, Department of Statistics, the University of Ceylon, Historical Manuscripts Commission and the Sinhalese Dictionary.

It pioneered the studies on the Veddas (the aborigines of Sri Lanka), an English translation of the Mahavamsa (the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka), Study of the Etymology of the Sinhalese Language, Research and Translation of the Dutch Archives, Maldivian Studies, Toponymy of Sri Lanka and Translations of Pali Buddhist Commentaries into Sinhala. At its early stages, its membership included the British governors of Ceylon and high civil, judicial and medical officials of the government.

The Society began admitting Ceylonese officers 1916, with the appointment of the President, Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam followed by eminent local scholars including Sir Paul Pieris and Sir Baron Jayatilaka.

In 1984, the Society moved to the Mahaweli Centre along the Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (Ananda Coomaraswamy Street).

The Society’s main academic publication is its Journal, first published in 1846 as the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In 1988, it was renamed the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.

Journal

The Society published the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1845-onwards.

Presidents

Past presidents:^[1]

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1845 John Stark (aka James Stark)
1846–1857: James Emerson Tennent
1858: Daniel John Gogerly
1859–1860: William Carpenter Rowe
1861–1864: Edward S. Creasy
1865–1869: J. Fraser
1870–1873: Amelius Beauclerk Fyers
1874–1877: Robert Dowson
1878-1881: Amelius Beauclerk Fyers
1882: Charles Bruce
1883: Hon. W.H. Ravenscroft
1884: Hon. John F. Dickson
1885-1901: R.S. Copleston
1902–1904: Everard im Thurn
1905–1908: J. Ferguson
1909–1912: Hugh Clifford
1913–1916: John Harward
1916: Ponnambalam Arunachalam
1924: Cecil Clementi
1926–1928: A.G.M. Fletcher
1929–1930: Herbert J. Stanley
1931: Bernard Henry Bourdillon
1932–1934: Paul E. Pieris
1935–1941: Don Baron Jayatilaka
1942–1948: Charles Collins
1949–1952: Sidney Arnold Pakeman
1952–1955: Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
1956–1958: S. Paranavitana
1959–1961: Edmund Peiris
1962–1964: Richard Leslie Brohier
1965–1966: Garett Champness Mendis
1967: Nandadeva D. Wijesekera
1967–1970: Charles Edmund Godakumbura
1971–1973: Nandadeva D. Wijesekera
1974–1976: Henry W. Thambiah
1977–1979: D.P.E. Hettiaratchi
1980–1985: Manikku Badaturu Ariyapala
1986: Prof. Thambiah Nadaraja
1987–1991: Christopher Gunapala Uragoda
1992–1993: Kankani Tantri Wilson Sumanasuriya
1994–1995: A. Denis N. Fernando
1996–1997: R.C. de S. Manukulasooriya
1998: Manikku Badaturu Ariyapala
1998: G.P.S. Harischandra de Silva
2000–2001: H.N.S. Karunatilake
2002–2006: Suraweerage Gunadasa Samarasinghe
2009–2015: Susantha Goonatilake
2016–present: Hema Goonatilake

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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/about-2/past-presidents/|title=Past Presidents|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka|accessdate= 6 January 2017}}

External links

{{Official website|http://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/}}

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