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Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera

Sri Lankan diplomat

Died when: 73 years 166 days (881 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera

Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP, KCM (8 November 1899 – 23 April 1973) was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary.

He was the 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.


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