| 词条 | A. W. Mailvaganam |
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| honorific_prefix = Professor Vidya Jyothi | name = A. W. Mailvaganam | honorific_suffix = OBE | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = A. W. Mailvaganam.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|03|25|1906|11|13|df=yes}} | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Jaffna Central College St. Benedict's College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo Ceylon University College Emmanuel College, Cambridge | occupation = Academic | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | denomination = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} Vidya Jyothi Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam (13 November 1906 – 25 March 1987) was a leading Ceylon Tamil physicist, academic and the dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon. Early life and familyMailvaganam was born on 16 November 1906.[1][2] He was the son of Arumugam Wisvalingam from Suthumalai in northern Ceylon.[3] He was educated at Jaffna Central College, St. Benedict's College, Colombo and Royal College, Colombo.[1][2] After school he joined Ceylon University College, graduating in 1923 with first class BSc honours degree in science.[1][3] He then joined Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1924, obtaining an MA honours degree in Natural Science Tripos in 1928.[1][3] He received a PhD from Cambridge in 1938.[1][2] Mailvaganam had a son, Gajanandan Nandakumar.[3] Mailvaganam was a devout Hindu and worshipped at the temple in Bambalapitiya.[4] CareerAfter university Mailvaganam joined the Ceylon University College as a lecturer in physics in 1932.[3] He became a professor of physics in 1939 and served Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon between 1948 and 1954.[1][2][3] He acted as vice chancellor on a number of occasions when Nicholas Attygalle was vice chancellor.[1] He retired in 1966.[3] In the 1949 Birthday Honours Mailvaganam was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[5] He received the Vidya Jyothi honour in 1985.[1] Mailvaganam was president of the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the University Grants Commission and Board of Governors of the Institute of Fundamental Studies.[1] He received honorary DSc degrees from the University of Colombo (December 1980) and University of Jaffna.[1][6] The University of Colombo has named one of its annual awards after Mailvaganam.[7] DeathMailvaganam died on 25 March 1987.[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite news|title=Prof. A. W. Mailvaganam remembered |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/11/18/fea05.htm |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130619211843/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/11/18/fea05.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=19 June 2013 |newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka) |date=18 November 2005 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mailvaganam, A. W.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last=Sonnadara|first=D. U. J.|title=Vidyajothi Professor A.W. Mailvaganam|url=http://ipsl.byethost11.com/ipsl/ipsl/?page_id=144|publisher=Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{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=96–97}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Siriwardene|first=P. P. G. L.|title=Mailvaganam and his place in the sphere of education|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/02/22/featur01.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=22 February 2001}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Fourth Supplement|journal=The London Gazette|date=3 June 1949|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38631/supplements/2835|issue=38631|page=2835}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Honorary Degrees |url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/about/honorary-degrees/ |publisher=University of Colombo |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603004450/http://www.cmb.ac.lk/about/honorary-degrees/ |archivedate=2013-06-03 }} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Mailvaganam Memorial Award in Physics (1987) |url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/Science/faq/mailvaganam-memorial-award-in-physics-1987 |publisher=University of Colombo }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 16 : 1906 births|1987 deaths|Academics of the University of Ceylon|Academics of the Ceylon University College|Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Alumni of Jaffna Central College|Alumni of St. Benedict's College, Colombo|Alumni of Royal College, Colombo|Alumni of the Ceylon University College|Ceylonese Officers of the Order of the British Empire|People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka|People of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Hindus|Sri Lankan Tamil academics|Sri Lankan Tamil physicists|Vidya Jyothi |
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