N. E. Weerasooria

N. E. Weerasooria
KC PC
Personal details
Born
Norman Edward Weerasooria

(1895-01-01)1 January 1895
Colombo, British Ceylon
Died15 May 1974(1974-05-15) (aged 79)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materRoyal College Colombo
ProfessionLawyer

Norman Edward Weerasooria KC (1 January 1895 – 15 May 1974) was an eminent Sri Lankan lawyer.[1][2]

Educated at Royal College Colombo, where he edited the College Magazine and at the Ceylon Law College. He gained prominence as a lawyer being appointed in 1938 as one of the youngest King's Counsel in Sri Lanka,[1] and as a historian authoring several books on Sri Lanka.[3]

In the 1953 he was appointed to chair the Commission of Broadcasting[4] and in the early 1960s he was the founding Chairmen of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in the 1960s.[5]

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

  1. ^ a b "Online edition of Daily News - Features". archives.dailynews.lk.
  2. ^ "George E. de Silva". island.lk.
  3. ^ "61st Death Anniversary of Piyadasa Sirisena fell on Agu.31 A patriot to be remembered".
  4. ^ "Muslim and Tamil Services of the SLBC".
  5. ^ "Ceypetco and its new office complex: Truth".
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