Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008621 - Ginige, Ranjit Tilak Abeyseela (1927 - 2001)
Title:
Ginige, Ranjit Tilak Abeyseela (1927 - 2001)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008621
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-10-30
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Ginige, Ranjit Tilak Abeyseela (1927 - 2001), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Ginige, Ranjit Tilak Abeyseela
Date of Birth:
12 June 1927
Place of Birth:
Panadura, Ceylon
Date of Death:
8 December 2001
Place of Death:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1971
MB BS Colombo 1955
IMCC Canada 1976
Details:
Ranjit Tilak Abeyseela Ginige, known as 'Tila', was born in Panadura, Ceylon, on 12 June 1927, the son of Abhayaseela Ginige, professor of geography at the University of Ceylon, Colombo, and Dora née De Silva. He was educated at the Royal College and the University of Colombo. After graduating, Tila worked as a lecturer in pathology and casualty officer at Colombo General Hospital under K G Jayasekera.
In 1960, he went to Ghana as a senior health officer in Accra, Kumasi and other centres, before coming to England to specialise in surgery, doing junior posts in several hospitals, including Ebbw Vale. In 1972, he moved to London, Ontario, where he worked in Inuvik and many other parts of Canada, before moving to Nova Scotia in 1982. There he practised in Upper Stweiacke and Truro.
He married Catherine Eagles. They had two sons, Tilak junior and Kashyapa, or 'Kash'. He died on 8 December 2001 in Nova Scotia.
Sources:
Information from Mrs Catherine Eagles Ginige
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E008000-E008999/E008600-E008699
Media Type:
Unknown
