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Surveyor General Of Ceylon
Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of British Ceylon, Governor Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, Frederick North at Galle. Joseph Jonville was appointed as the Colonial Surveyor General, residing principally in Colombo and receiving orders directly from the government. Under him five principal surveyors were appointed and the land divided among them in the following manner. "One shall superintend the survey from the River of Chilaw to the Calanie Ganga, one from the Calanie Ganga to the River of Galle, one from the River of Galle to the North Easterly extremity of the Mahagampatto: to the Northern extremity of the District of Mulletivoe, and the remaining one from the Northern extremity of the District of Mulletivoe to the River of Chilaw, and shall be thus distinguished, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Survey (Sri Lanka)
The Department of Survey of Sri Lanka (also known as the Department of the Surveyor General) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මිනින්දෝරු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Minindoru Departhamenthuwa'') is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka. Established on 2 August 1800, it is the oldest unchanged government department in the country. The department is responsible for national surveying and mapping. It is also the national focal point of GIS and Remote Sensing with representation in the Global Mapping Project organised by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM). The head of the department is Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. References {{Reflist External linksAbout the Survey Department of Sri Lanka Government departments of Sri Lanka, S National mapping agencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelius Beauclerk Fyers
Colonel Amelius Beauclerk Fyers (12 July 1829 – 5 April 1883) was the eighth Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1866, succeeding Charles Sims, and held the office until 1883. He was succeeded by P. C. H. Clarke. Amelius Beauclerk Fyers was born at Jersey on 12 July 1829. He married Anne Eliza Brownrigg, daughter of Captain William Brownrigg, at Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ... in 1850. They had ten children: Mary Anne Louisa (b. 1851); William Amelius Beauclerk (b. 1852), who was in the Ceylon Civil Service; Charles Cornwallis Meadows (b. 1854), who was also in the Ceylon Civil Service; Renee Sabine Fyers (b. 1855), who married Harry Charles Purvis Bell, the first Commissioner of Archaeology in Ceylon; Laura Isabella (b. 1857); Henry F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihal Gunawardena
Nihal may refer to: * Nihal (name), people with the name * Beta Leporis, a star traditionally known as Nihal *Nihāl, a tribe that inhabits parts of Central India; cf. Nihali language *Nihal the hero of the fantasy saga by Licia Troisi ''Le Cronache del mondo emerso'' {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanagaratnam Thavalingam
Kanagaratnam Thavalingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and former Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. Thavalingam is from Kaithady in northern Sri Lanka. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. He is a fellow of the Surveyors Institute (of Sri Lanka) and a member of the institute's council. Thavalingam was Senior Deputy Surveyor General and Additional Surveyor General. He became the 45th Surveyor General in 2013. References Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College Living people People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lankan geographers Surveyors General of Sri Lanka Year of birth missing (living people) {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamotharam Somasekaram
Sri Lanka Sikhamani Thamotharam Somasekaram (22 September 1934 – 11 March 2010) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and Surveyor General. Early life and family Somasekaram was born on 22 September 1934. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo from where he graduated in 1956 with a BSc degree. Somasekaram married Sathanithi. They had three children (Damayanthi, Jayanthi and Arjun). Career After university Somasekaram joined the Government Survey Department as an Assistant Superintendent of Surveys. A year later he joined Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1958 to study the Part II course in geography, which he completed in 1959. On returning to Ceylon he rejoined the Survey Department. He became Superintendent of Surveys in 1967, Assistant Surveyor General in 1971 and Deputy Surveyor General in 1973. The latter position made in head of the Institute of Surveying and Mapping. Somasekaram joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stanser Templeton
Robert Stanser Templeton (2 December 1855 – 5 November 1930) was an Anglo-Irish civil engineer and the 13th Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B .... He was appointed in 1910, succeeding Philip David Warren, and held the office until 1915. He was succeeded by W. C. S. Ingles. He was the son of naturalist Robert Templeton and grandson of botanist John Templeton. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Templeton, Robert Stanser Surveyors General of Ceylon 19th-century Irish engineers 20th-century Irish engineers 1855 births 1930 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip David Warren
Philip David Warren (c. 1851–?) was the 12th Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B .... Warren was educated at Norwich Grammar School. He was appointed in 1904, succeeding F. H. Grinlinton, and held the office until 1910. He was appointed CMG in the 1908 Birthday Honours and succeeded by R. S. Templeton. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Philip David 1850s births 20th-century deaths Surveyors General of Ceylon Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Grinlinton
Frederick Henry Grinlinton (27 March 1853 – 11 March 1938) was a British engineer who was the 11th Surveyor General of Ceylon. He entered the Ceylon Survey Department in 1870. He was appointed in 1896, succeeding David G. Mantell, and held the office until 1904. He was succeeded by Philip David Warren Philip David Warren (c. 1851–?) was the 12th Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the forma .... After retiring in 1904, he traveled to the Federated Malay States to advise on the creation of a Malay surveying department. He was the son of Sir John Grinlinton. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grinlinton, Frederick Henry Surveyors General of Ceylon 19th-century English engineers 20th-century English engineers 1853 births 1938 deaths Fellows of the Royal Meteorological Society Fellows of the Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David George Mantell
David George Mantell (31 December 1836 – 13 December 1904) was a Scottish engineer who was the tenth Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B ... and the first Chief Surveyor. He was appointed in 1894, succeeding P. C. H. Clarke, and held the office until 1896. He was succeeded by F. H. Grinlinton. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mantell, David George Surveyors General of Ceylon 19th-century Scottish people 1836 births 1904 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke
Lt.-Col. Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke (4 February 1842 – 27 August 1893) was a British military officer and colonial administrator who served as the first Commander of the Ceylon Volunteers. He was appointed on 20 April 1888 until 27 August 1893. He succeeded William Wilby as General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was succeeded by Henry Byrde. He was the ninth Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B .... He was appointed in 1883, succeeding A. B. Fyers, and held the office until 1893. He was succeeded by David G. Mantell. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Francis Coningsby Surveyors General of Ceylon Commanders of the Ceylon Defence Force Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 1842 births 1893 deaths Compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Sims (Surveyor General)
Charles Sims was the seventh Surveyor General of Ceylon Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B .... He was appointed in 1858, succeeding W. D. Gosset, and held the office until 1865. He was succeeded by A. B. Eyers. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sims, Charles Surveyors General of Ceylon 19th-century Sri Lankan people Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jonville
Joseph Jonville, also known as Eudelin de Jonville (1756–1837) was a French diplomat and naturalist, who was also the first Surveyor General of Ceylon, from 1800 to 1805. Joseph Marie Eudelin Mervé de Jonville was born on 2 September 1756 in Cairo, Egypt, the son of Thomas François Mervé de Jonville (1706-1778) and Therese Françoise née Lambert (1732-1773). Jonville spent his childhood in Smyrna, where his father was the French Consul then in Toulon, when his father retired. Jonville was appointed vice-consul in Nafplio ( Morea), then in Rosetta, Egypt. He retired in 1784. The French Revolution saw him emigrate to Nice, a number of cities in Italy, and finally Corsica. In October 1798, he embarked for India on an English ship. The expedition led by the first British Governor, Frederick North, explored Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Jonville was responsible for studying its botany. Jonville was first hired to survey the colony's cinnamon plantations. North however also instructed J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |