About A. W. Mailvaganam
Lived 1906 – 1987 (aged 80). A. W. Mailvaganam was a Sri Lankan academic.
Vidya Jyothi Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam, OBE (13 November 1906 – 25 March 1987) was a leading Ceylon Tamil physicist, academic and the dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon.
Early life and family Mailvaganam was born on 16 November 1906. He was the son of Arumugam Wisvalingam from Suthumalai in northern Ceylon. He then joined Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1924, obtaining an MA honours degree in Natural Science Tripos in 1928.
Career After university Mailvaganam joined the Ceylon University College as a lecturer in physics in 1932. He received the Vidya Jyothi honour in 1985. The University of Colombo has named one of its annual awards after Mailvaganam.
Death Mailvaganam died on 25 March 1987.
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A. W. Mailvaganam was born on 13 November 1906.
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A. W. Mailvaganam died on 25 March 1987.
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A. W. Mailvaganam was Sri Lankan.
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