Andreas Nell
Andreas Nell
| Andreas Nell MRCS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1864 | ||||||||
| Died | 1956 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo, Ceylon Room 47, Queen's Hotel, Kandy, Ceylon [1925] | ||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||
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1921.10.25 proposed by A.C. Haddon, seconded by W.H.R. Rivers
Notes From Elsewhere
A scholar with wide interests (history, archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, art, architecture), he was a surgeon who headed the eye hospital in Colombo. It was said that he had 'friends among Orientalists in Paris and Leyden as well as at Asgiriya and Malwatte'. Active in the Royal Asiatic Society's Colombo branch, he contributed to many newspapers and journals. He promoted local crafts, campaigned for a resident university and served on the University Council.
From a Matara family, he studied at Trinity College, Kandy, and graduated from the Medical College in 1887. After working as a junior doctor for a few years, he went to London and returned after gaining his MRCS. [Encyclopaedia of Sri Lanka by Charles A. Gunawardena]