A. Jeyaratnam Wilson | |
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| Born | 1928 |
| Died | (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Academic |
Alfred Jeyaratnam Wilson (Tamil:அல்பிரட் ஜெயரத்தினம் வில்சன் 1928 – 31 May 2000) was aSri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author. He began his academic career as a lecturer in economics and political science at theUniversity of Ceylon and was the founding professor of political science at the University of Ceylon (1969-72). Later he moved to Canada and was professor of political science at the University of New Brunswick.University of New Brunswick.
Wilson was born in 1928. He was the son of K. R. Wilson.[1] He was educated atRoyal College, Colombo.[2] He gainedB.A. (Hons) (Ceylon), PhD (LSE) and DSc (Economics) (London).[3]
Wilson married Susili, daughter ofS. J. V. Chelvanayakam.[3][4] They had two daughters (Malliha and Maithili) and one son (Kumanan).[1]
Wilson spent a short time as an editorial writer for theCeylon Daily News.[5] He then taught at theUniversity of Ceylon in Peradeniya for 20 years from 1952 to 1972.[5] He was founding chair of political science at the university in 1969.[6] After Peradeniya Wilson taught political science at theFredericton campus of theUniversity of New Brunswick (UNB) between 1970 and 1994.[7] After retirement he served as anemeritus professor at the UNB.[3]
Whilst teaching at Peradeniya and UNB Wilson took a number ofsabbaticals. He was Leverhulme Research Scholar at theLondon School of Economics (1955), research fellow in politics at theUniversity of Leicester (1964–65), research associate atMcGill University (1970–71), Simon Senior Fellow at theUniversity of Manchester (1971–72), senior research associate atColumbia University (1977) and senior associate member atSt Antony's College, Oxford (1977).[8]
Wilson was a constitutional advisor toPresidentJ. R. Jayewardene between 1978 and 1983.[8] He was a consultant on South Asia for theState Department.[7] He also worked for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Refugees Advisory Board,Ministry of Multiculturalism and immigration tribunals in the USA.[7] He served on the editorial boards ofThe Round Table,The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics,The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies,Asian Survey andThe Parliamentarian.[5]
Wilson died in his sleep of heart failure at his home inToronto on 31 May 2000.[1][4][7] He was 71. His funeral took place on 3 June 2000.[1]
Wilson was prolific writer – he wrote eight books and over 100 articles.[2][7]
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