Professor K. Kailasapathy | |
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க. கைலாசபதி | |
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Died | 6 December 1982 | (aged 49)
Alma mater |
Jaffna Hindu College Royal College, Colombo University of Ceylon University of Birmingham |
Occupation | Academic |
Kanagasabapathy Kailasapathy (5 April 1933 – 6 December 1982) was a Sri Lankan journalist and academic. He was the first president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Kailasapathy was born on 5 April 1933 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. [1] His family moved from Malaya to Ceylon. [2] He was then educated at the Jaffna Hindu College and Royal College, Colombo. [2] [3] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. [1] [4] Whilst at Peradeniya Kailasapathy wrote for Virakesari and Tholkappiyam. [4] He then went to University of Birmingham from where he obtained a Phd after producing a thesis on Tamil heroic poetry in 1968. [2] [4]
Kailasapathy married Sarvamangalam, daughter of N. Manicka Idaikaddar. [1] They had two daughters. [1]
After university Kailasapathy joined Lake House as a journalist. [1] He became editor of the weekly edition of Thinakaran and then served as its editor-in-chief of between 1959 and 1961. [1] [4] [5]
Kailasapathy then left journalism to take up a career in academia. He served as president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka between August 1974 and July 1977. [5] [6]
Kailasapathy wrote numerous articles and more than ten books during his life. [2]
Kailasapathy died on 6 December 1982 at the Colombo General Hospital. [1] [5]
Professor K. Kailasapathy | |
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க. கைலாசபதி | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 December 1982 | (aged 49)
Alma mater |
Jaffna Hindu College Royal College, Colombo University of Ceylon University of Birmingham |
Occupation | Academic |
Kanagasabapathy Kailasapathy (5 April 1933 – 6 December 1982) was a Sri Lankan journalist and academic. He was the first president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Kailasapathy was born on 5 April 1933 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. [1] His family moved from Malaya to Ceylon. [2] He was then educated at the Jaffna Hindu College and Royal College, Colombo. [2] [3] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. [1] [4] Whilst at Peradeniya Kailasapathy wrote for Virakesari and Tholkappiyam. [4] He then went to University of Birmingham from where he obtained a Phd after producing a thesis on Tamil heroic poetry in 1968. [2] [4]
Kailasapathy married Sarvamangalam, daughter of N. Manicka Idaikaddar. [1] They had two daughters. [1]
After university Kailasapathy joined Lake House as a journalist. [1] He became editor of the weekly edition of Thinakaran and then served as its editor-in-chief of between 1959 and 1961. [1] [4] [5]
Kailasapathy then left journalism to take up a career in academia. He served as president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka between August 1974 and July 1977. [5] [6]
Kailasapathy wrote numerous articles and more than ten books during his life. [2]
Kailasapathy died on 6 December 1982 at the Colombo General Hospital. [1] [5]