Malalasekera, G.

Malalasekera, G. on the DRL

Authors of English Works • Editors • Professors Emeritus

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera

English Phonetics	Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Sort Name	Malalasekera, Gunapala

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

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Biographical Information

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. He was Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. (Source Accessed Apr 20, 2021)

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