Hubert Weerasooriya
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| Born | Hubert Edwin Weerasooriya 13 September 1916 Galle, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 25 November 2003 (aged 87) Dodanduwa, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
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| Spouse(s) | Rachel De Mel[1] |
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| Relatives | Srilal Weerasooriya (relative)[2] |
Hubert Edwin Weerasooriya (13 September 1916 – 25 November 2003) was a prominent lawyer and Crown Proctor, from the Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5][6][7]
He was the Vice President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in 1981, and the President of the Galle Law Association [8][9][10][11] [12][13]. He was a member of the Weerasooriya family of Dodanduwa and Hikkaduwa.[14][15][16]
Early life and Career
Hubert Edwin Weerasooriya was born 13 September 1916 in Galle, the son of Edwin Robert Weerasooriya, a planter. Weerasooriya received his primary and secondary education at Richmond College, Galle, and later entered the Sri Lanka Law College to become a Proctor (Attorney-At-Law)[17][18][19].
While also being a Crown Proctor, Hubert was also an Acting Magistrate of Galle and Vice President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and the President of the Bar Association of Galle[20][21][22][18][23][24][25]
Personal life
Hubert married Rachel de Mel (17 December 1918 – 22 August 1987), daughter of A. P. de Mel and Alice (nee de Soysa), and granddaughter of Joseph de Mel of "Villa Kon".[26] They had 6 children, Shanthini, Manel, Rani, Nelun, Nissanka, and Chrisanthi.
Death
Weerasooriya died on 25 November 2003, at the age of 87.[27]
Bibliography
Weerasooriya was an avid writer[28], having regularly written articles and stories[29]. He had his own regular column, in which he spoke about his anecdotal memories, mostly from his legal career. He wrote his first book in 1945 and published several more books afterwards.[30][31][32][33]
| Year | Book | Publisher |
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| 1939 | Historical Guide to Anuradhapura's Ruins | W.E. Bastian[34] |
| 1945 | This Isle O'Mine | Ceylon: Ola Books Ltd[35] |
| 1946 | The Trousered Harijan [A Tale of Modern Ceylon][36] | Hubert Weerasooriya[37] |
| 1958 | Voices in Stones | Ruhunu Books[38] |
| 1982 | The Tamil Lady & the Sinhala Lawyer | Ruhunu Books[39] |
| 2000 | Mud House to Mansion: A Novel in Two Parts | Vishva Lekha[40] |
References
- ↑ "Features | Online edition of Daily News – Lakehouse Newspapers". archives.dailynews.lk.
- ↑ https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-11524341/dodanduwa-weerasooriya-family-web
- ↑ "Tag me @danu - Villa Birdlake - Life Online". www.life.lk.
- ↑ News, Lanka Business (1 February 2022). "Villa Birdlake Gets Makeover". Lanka Business News.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Sri Lankan city still proud of its Dutch colonial roots". coins.lakdiva.org.
- ↑ "In celebration of 50 golden years of being a family… | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
- ↑ "Idapp Perumal Kurukula". worldgenweb.org (in Nederlands). 5 December 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "Vessagiriya: Cave monastery of commoners | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
- ↑ "Tag me @danu - Villa Birdlake - Life Online". www.life.lk.
- ↑ https://www.historyofceylontea.com/ceylon-publications/fergusons-directory/1957-fergusons-ceylon-directory/pdf/resources/1957-fergusons-ceylon-directory.pdf
- ↑ "The Sunday Times Letters to the Editor Section". www.sundaytimes.lk.
- ↑ https://businesscafe.lk/business-news/travel-tourism/item/9065-villa-birdlake-gets-makeover-experience-sri-lankan-warmth-at-its-best
- ↑ "Tag me @danu - Villa Birdlake - Life Online". www.life.lk.
- ↑ "The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". www.sundaytimes.lk.
- ↑ "In celebration of 50 golden years of being a family… | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
- ↑ "Online edition of Daily News – Features". archives.dailynews.lk.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealo". www.worldgenweb.org.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Sri Lankan city still proud of its Dutch colonial roots". coins.lakdiva.org.
- ↑ Amarasinghe, Samanga. (2011). Independence To Freedom.
- ↑ "Villa Birdlake". www.dailymirror.lk.
- ↑ https://kolomthota.com/pulse-lk/villa-birdlake-gets-a-makeover/
- ↑ http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/08/14/fea19.asp
- ↑ "GREET Family #1193". www.worldgenweb.org.
- ↑ "luxurious rooms Archives". Lanka Business News.
- ↑ Goonetilleke, D. C. R. A. (1983). Sri Lanka. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 18(2), 138–146. https://doi.org/10.1177/002198948301800210
- ↑ "Widanalage Joseph de Mel, of 'Villa Kon'". geni_family_tree.
- ↑ "PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
- ↑ https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1228857A/Hubert_E._Weerasooriya
- ↑ http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2008/01/prabhakaran-happy-man.html
- ↑ https://www.sundaytimes.lk/000827/plus2.html
- ↑ https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Search/Results?type=AuthorBrowse&lookfor=%22Weerasooriya,%20H.%20E.(Hubert%20E.)%22
- ↑ https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/4511286
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/voicesinstones00weer/page/n7/mode/2up
- ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (1939). Historical Guide to Anuradhapura's Ruins. ISBN 9788120611382.
- ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (1945). "This isle o'mine". Ola Book Co.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Goonetilleke, D. C. R. A. (10 June 2010). "Sri Lankan Fiction". The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. American Cancer Society. doi:10.1002/9781444337822.wbetcfv3s019. ISBN 9781444337822 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (1946). "The trousered harijan: A tale of modern Ceylon". Associated Newspapers of Ceylon.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (1958). "Voices in stones".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (1982). "The Tamil lady & the Sinhala lawyer". Ruhunu Books.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Hubert Weerasooriya (2000). Mud House to Mansion: A Novel in Two Parts. ISBN 9555992053.
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