Dudley Kenneth George de Silva (1911–1974) was a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n educationist.
He was
Principal of
Royal College Colombo and Director of Technical Education,
Ministry of Education.
Born in
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, he was educated at
Royal College Colombo and at the
University College Colombo where he gained a
BSc and later gained a Diploma in Education.
He taught at
Kingswood College, Kandy and became Principal of the Wanduramba Central School and of the Piliyandala Central College. He was an Education Officer in Charge of Adult Education. Thereafter he became the Principal of his alma mater, Royal College Colombo from 1954 to 1966. In 1966 he was made Director of Technical Education.
Long after retiring as Principal, Royal College Colombo, he took up post as Principal, Pembroke Academy, Flower Road, Colombo 7.
He was an Organist at
St. Paul's Church Milagiriya and St. Paul's Church Kandy. The '' Dudley de Silva Shield '' is awarded at the annual hockey encounter between Royal College Colombo and
Wesley College, Colombo in his memory.
Wesley and Royal clash for Dudley de Silva Shield today
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Sri Lankan educational theorists
People from British Ceylon
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Alumni of the Ceylon University College
1911 births
1974 deaths
Principals of Royal College, Colombo