Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe
Pediatrician from Sri Lanka
About Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe
Lived 1908 – 2013 (aged 104–105).
Grace Rajamalar Barr–Kumarakulasinghe ( Sinnathamby; 7 August 1908 - 26 April 2013) was a paediatrician from Sri Lanka.
Biography Barr-Kumarakulasinghe was the seventh child of G.V. and Alice Sinnathamby. She attended Wolfendhal Girls' School, followed by Good Shepherd Convent Kotahena. She graduated from Ladies' College and originally intended to study English literature, however her brother, G. S. Sinnathamby, encouraged her to study medicine. She studied at Colombo Medical College and qualified as a doctor in 1937. In 1948, she went to the United Kingdom and completed postgraduate studies in Edinburgh and London, returning to Sri Lanka in 1953.
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Who was Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe?
Pediatrician from Sri Lanka
When was Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe born?
Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe was born in 1908.
When did Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe die?
Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe died in 2013.
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