Oliver Hector De Alwis Wijesekera
Biography
Dead - 1st February, 1990
Education –
School at Induruwa
St. Aloysius College, Galle
Ananda College, Colombo
University of Ceylon
School of Oriental and African studies, in London and obtained his Ph.D.
Fields –
Ideology Buddhist studies
Pali Studies Indo-Aryan Languages
Sanskrit Comparative Philosophy
Indian Philosophy Vedic Studies
Upanishad Studies Indology
Classical Indian music
Scholarships-
Government Scholarship
Working Experiences –
Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhalese
Head of the Department of Sanskrit of University of Ceylon
Professor of Sanskrit of the University of Ceylon
Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies in 1956
Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1963
Guest Professor of University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Fellow of Harvard University
Visiting Fellow of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo
Honors –
Professor Emeritus of the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) in 1970 by University of Colombo
Memberships –
Editor of University of Ceylon Review
Biography
Dead - 1st February, 1990
Education –
School at Induruwa
St. Aloysius College, Galle
Ananda College, Colombo
University of Ceylon
School of Oriental and African studies, in London and obtained his Ph.D.
Fields –
Ideology Buddhist studies
Pali Studies Indo-Aryan Languages
Sanskrit Comparative Philosophy
Indian Philosophy Vedic Studies
Upanishad Studies Indology
Classical Indian music
Scholarships-
Government Scholarship
Working Experiences –
Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Sinhalese
Head of the Department of Sanskrit of University of Ceylon
Professor of Sanskrit of the University of Ceylon
Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies in 1956
Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 1963
Guest Professor of University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Fellow of Harvard University
Visiting Fellow of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo
Honors –
Professor Emeritus of the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) in 1970 by University of Colombo
Memberships –
Editor of University of Ceylon Review