E. W. Adikaram

Writer, Author

1905 – 1985

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Who was E. W. Adikaram?

Kalutara Koralalage Edward Winifred Brito Adikaram is an educationalist, writer and a social activist in Sri Lanka. In 1931 he obtained an M.A degree from London School of Oriental Studies and in 1933 a Ph.D. on the thesis "Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon". After returning to Sri Lanka he started to teach in Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte and in 1934, he became the principal of the school. He was a prominent nonviolence activist in Sri Lanka

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Born
Mar 5, 1905
Sri Lanka
Also known as
  • Edward Winifred Adikaram
Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Profession
Education
  • University of Oxford
Died
Dec 28, 1985

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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