Evangeline Thillayampalam

Evangeline Mutthama Thillayampalam (c. 1900 - 23 November, 1976) was a Sri Lankan educator.[1][2]

Biography

Thillayampalam was from Allaipiddi in the Jaffna Peninsula. She attended Chundikuli Girls' College in Jaffna.[3] She went on to complete a master's degree in science at the University of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India, followed by a doctorate at Columbia University, New York.[1][2] She became a lecturer in Lucknow, India, at Isabella Thoburn College.[1]

In 1941, Thillayampalam returned to Sri Lanka and in 1943 was appointed principal of her former school, Chundikuli Girls' College.[1] She was the first Sri Lankan principal of the school.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Arumugam, S. (January 1997). A Dictionary of Biography of Ceylon Tamils. London, England: S. Arumugam. p. 120.
  2. ^ a b "Our History". Chundikuli Girls' College. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. ^ a b "Always moving forward: Chundikuli Jaffna marks 125 years". Times Online - Daily Online Edition of The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
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