Abraham Mendis Gunasekera

Gate Mudaliyar Abraham Mendis Gunasekera (1869-1931) was a leading literary figure in Ceylon. Gunasekera produced a Sinhalese grammar as well as Sinhalese-English and English-Sinhalese dictionaries.[1] He is the grandfather of the famous Sri Lankan construction engineer U.N. Gunasekera.

References

  1. ^ Dharmadāsa: p327

Sources

Dharmadāsa, Kē. En. Ō. Language, Religion, and Ethnic Assertiveness. ISBN 978-0-472-10288-4. http://books.google.lk/books?id=x8NQrTmjpRcC&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=mudaliyar+abraham+mendis+gunasekera&source=web&ots=1xNr9rLbGW&sig=NixON7Kwkt1AiX30PRHRSitKaFw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA327,M1.