E. W. Adikaram

Dr. E. W. Adikaram
Born March 05, 1905
Sri Lanka
Died 28 December 1985(1985-12-28) (aged 80)
Residence Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan

Kalutara Koralalage Edward Winifred Brito Adikaram (5 March 1905 28 December 1985) was an educationalist, writer and a social activist in Sri Lanka.[1][2] 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.[3] He was a prominent nonviolence activist in Sri Lanka

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