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George Dissanaike

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George Dissanaike
Born
George Alexander Dissanaike

23 June 1927
DiedJuly 4, 2008(2008-07-04) (aged 81)
NationalitySri Lankan
Education
Occupation(s)Physicist, Academic
ChildrenProf. Gishan Dissanaike

George Alexander Dissanaike (1927–2008), also known as "GAD",[1] was an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He was also a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, and a former President of the Institute of Physics.[2]

He received his primary and secondary education at Richmond College, Galle, and St. Peter’s College, Colombo. In 1945, he entered the University of Ceylon, Colombo, and graduated with a BSc degree in Physics in 1949. He was awarded the Government University Science Scholarship for postgraduate studies. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University in 1953. He was a research student in experimental nuclear physics at the Cavendish Laboratory and a member of Downing College, Cambridge.[3] He also collaborated with his brother, Professor Stanley Dissanaike DSc (London), who was an eminent parasitologist and Dean of the Colombo Medical Faculty.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Appreciations".
  2. ^ "Cambridge salutes a brilliant and affable Lankan academic". Sunday Times. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Distinguished physicist was a great teacher and complete gentleman". Sunday Times. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Distinguished physicist was a great teacher and complete gentleman". Sunday Times. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2010.