N. E. Weerasooria (1 January 1895 – 15 May 1974) was an eminent

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n lawyer. Educated at

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, where he edited the College Magazine and at the

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. He gained prominence as a lawyer being appointed in 1938 as one of the youngest

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in Sri Lanka, and as a historian authoring several books on Sri Lanka. In the 1953 he was appointed to chair the Commission of Broadcasting and in the early 1960s he was the founding

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of the

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in the 1960s. He used the pen-name "Fijjik".

Selected publications

* ''Tales of Old Ceylon'' (1963) (4 vols.) * ''Modern Ceylon Through the Looking Glass'' (1965) * ''Ceylon and her People'' * ''Ran Kumari - A Golden Princess of the Kandyan Hills''

References

External links

Burdens for the people: Where are we heading?
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weerasooriya, N. E. Sinhalese lawyers Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College Ceylonese Queen's Counsel Historians of Sri Lanka Sinhalese writers 1974 deaths