Ray Wijewardene

Engineer, Athlete

1924 – 2010

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Who was Ray Wijewardene?

Deshamanya Vidya Jyothi Dr Philip Revatha "Ray" Wijewardene was a Sri Lankan Engineer, Aviator, Inventor and Olympian athlete. He was an authority on tropical farming and natural resource management, on which topics he originated systemic thinking. He also invented a number of devices to assist small farmers in developing countries.

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Born
Aug 20, 1924
Colombo
Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Profession
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • Harvard Business School
  • Peterhouse, Cambridge
  • S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
  • C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo
Died
Aug 1, 2010
Colombo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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