Wednesday

Sir Ivor Jennings: The multifaceted educationist

The 42nd death anniversary of Sir Ivor Jennings, an author of Ceylon constitution and the first Vice Chancellor of Peradeniya University, falls today.

History presents Ceylon under the British yoke as a somewhat gloomy period. The same history, however, shows us the accounts of good-hearted Englishmen who had a great respect towards Ceylon's culture; the likes of John D'Oyly await an academic to go down into their souls.

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