First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by History and Heritage Unit,
Tamil Information Centre ‘Thulasi’,
Bridge End Close, Kingston KT2 6PZ.
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Dr.Sadasivan’s collection is the very useful and laborious preliminary to the critical analysis of this hypothesis that Sumerian and
Dravidian are related.”
University of California, 26 July 1965
About A. SATHASIVAM M.A., Ph.D.
At the University, he specialized in Tamil, graduating with First Class Honours in 1952. That year, he became an assistant lecturer in the Department of Tamil and earned his Master of Arts degree in 1954. In 1954, he went to Oxford University (UK) to study Modern Linguistics and pursue his D. Phil research on ‘The Structure of the Tamil Verb’ under Prof Thomas Burrow, becoming the first Sri Lankan Tamil scholar to receive this Oxford doctorate.
In 1965, he became head of the Department of Tamil and, in 1970, the first Professor of Tamil at the Colombo Campus of the University of Ceylon. He served as Professor of Tamil at the University of Peradeniya from 1981-1988. Between 1964-1965, he researched the Sumerian-Dravidian language relationship at the University of Pennsylvania and UC Berkeley, a key academic focus for 25 years. He also spent time at Oxford University (1973-74) and Tamil University, Tanjavur (1985-86).
Prof. A. Sathasivam M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Prof. A. Sathasivam (born 15 February 1926 in Araly South, Jaffna, into a respected scholarly family) received his primary education at Araly Saraswathy Vidyalayam and Araly Hindu English School, before proceeding to Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai, where he passed the Pravesa Panditha Examination and the Senior School Certificate in the first division in both Tamil- and English-medium streams. He then studied at Ananda College, Colombo, completing his Higher School Certificate and the Mathurai Pandit Examination in 1947.
From 1948 to 1952 he read Tamil as a special subject at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, graduating in the first division and being appointed an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Tamil in 1952. He obtained his M.A. from the University of Ceylon in 1954 and pursued doctoral studies in linguistics at the University of Oxford (D.Phil., 1954–1956), laying the foundations for his later work on the structure and history of the Tamil verb.
His academic career advanced through positions as Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Tamil in Colombo, and he was appointed Professor of Tamil at the Colombo Campus in 1970, serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Tamil there until 1980, before holding the Chair of Tamil at the University of Peradeniya from 1981 to 1988. Supported by Fulbright, Commonwealth and other research fellowships, he carried out advanced work in linguistics at the Universities of Pennsylvania, California (Berkeley), Oxford, Tamil University (Thanjavur) and Gakushuin University, Tokyo, while developing his comparative studies on Sumerian and Dravidian.
Over several decades he published extensively in Tamil and English on Tamil grammar, lexicography and Sumero–Dravidian relationships, including major works such as The Structure of the Tamil Verb, Sumerian: A Dravidian Language, Origin and Development of Tamil Words and the multi-volume Dictionary of Ceylon Tamil Usage, and was instrumental in introducing Hindu Civilization and Linguistics into the university curriculum in Sri Lanka. Across his career he authored ten books, presented papers at eleven major conferences, and produced sixteen major scholarly contributions, with his work attracting more than 120 citations in the field.
Prof. A. Sathasivam M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Prof. A. Sathasivam (born 15 February 1926 in Araly South, Jaffna, into a respected scholarly family) received his primary education at Araly Saraswathy Vidyalayam and Araly Hindu English School, before proceeding to Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai, where he passed the Pravesa Panditha Examination and the Senior School Certificate in the first division in both Tamil- and English-medium streams. He then studied at Ananda College, Colombo, completing his Higher School Certificate and the Mathurai Pandit Examination in 1947.
From 1948 to 1952 he read Tamil as a special subject at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, graduating in the first division and being appointed an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Tamil in 1952. He obtained his M.A. from the University of Ceylon in 1954 and pursued doctoral studies in linguistics at the University of Oxford (D.Phil., 1954–1956), laying the foundations for his later work on the structure and history of the Tamil verb.
His academic career advanced through positions as Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Tamil in Colombo, and he was appointed Professor of Tamil at the Colombo Campus in 1970, serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Tamil there until 1980, before holding the Chair of Tamil at the University of Peradeniya from 1981 to 1988. Supported by Fulbright, Commonwealth and other research fellowships, he carried out advanced work in linguistics at the Universities of Pennsylvania, California (Berkeley), Oxford, Tamil University (Thanjavur) and Gakushuin University, Tokyo, while developing his comparative studies on Sumerian and Dravidian.
Over several decades he published extensively in Tamil and English on Tamil grammar, lexicography and Sumero–Dravidian relationships, including major works such as The Structure of the Tamil Verb, Sumerian: A Dravidian Language, Origin and Development of Tamil Words and the multi-volume Dictionary of Ceylon Tamil Usage, and was instrumental in introducing Hindu Civilization and Linguistics into the university curriculum in Sri Lanka. Across his career he authored ten books, presented papers at eleven major conferences, and produced sixteen major scholarly contributions, with his work attracting more than 120 citations in the field.
- 1952
- 1956 - 1965
- 1965 - 1967
- 1967 - 1969
- 1970
- 1970 - 1980
- 1981 - 1988
- 1952
- 1956 - 1965
- 1965 - 1967
- 1967 - 1969
- 1970
- 1970 - 1980
- 1981 - 1988
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by History and Heritage Unit,
Tamil Information Centre ‘Thulasi’,
Bridge End Close, Kingston KT2 6PZ.
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Dr.Sadasivan’s collection is the very useful and laborious preliminary to the critical analysis of this hypothesis that Sumerian and
Dravidian are related.”
University of California, 26 July 1965
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by History and Heritage Unit, Tamil Information Centre ‘Thulasi’,
Bridge End Close, Kingston KT2 6PZ.
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
(Sgd.) T. Burrow,
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by History and Heritage Unit, Tamil Information Centre ‘Thulasi’,
Bridge End Close, Kingston KT2 6PZ.
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
(Sgd.) T. Burrow,
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
“Connections between Dravidian and various other linguistic families have been proposed from time to time, but Dr. Sathasivam breaks new ground in seeking to relate Dravidian with Sumerian.”
The University of Oxford, 10 August 1965
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