Anton Sebastianpillai FRCP (23 January 1945 – 4 April 2020), was a British historian, author (writing as Anton Sebastian) and consultant geriatrician, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin.[1]
Anton Sebastianpillai | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1944  Sri Lanka |
| Died | Kingston Hospital |
| Other names | Anton Sebastian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Consultant, geriatrician, author, lexicographer, historian, bibliophile |
| Employer | |
Biography edit
He had his primary and secondary education at St Sylvester's College, Kandy and trained at Peradeniya Medical School, in Sri Lanka, qualifying in 1967.[2]
He gave talks to the Foreign Correspondents' Club, New Delhi, India, and gave the 'Millennium Oration' of the Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America.[3]
He died on 4 April 2020, at Kingston Hospital, London, after contracting COVID-19 while working there.[2][4] He had been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit on 31 March[1] and was aged 75.[5]
He was a bibliophile, with a collection of rare books on Sri Lanka and on medical history.[3][6]
Works edit
As Anton Sebastian he wrote a number of reference works:
- A Dictionary of the History of Medicine. CRC Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1850700210.[6][7][8][9]
- Dates in Medicine. CRC Press. 2000. ISBN 978-1850700951.[9]
- A Dictionary of the History of Science. CRC Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1850704188.[10]
- A Complete Illustrated History of Sri Lanka (2nd ed.). Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications. 2014. ISBN 978-9556651492.[3]
His Dictionary of the History of Medicine won a British Medical Association Medical Book Award.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Tributes for British Tamil Doctor On the Frontline Who Dies from Coronavirus". Tamil Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Doctor in his 70s dies at London hospital". BBC News. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Bringing Out the Very Essence of This Country". The Sunday Times. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Jenkinson, Orlando. "Tributes for Kingston Doctor Lost to Coronavirus". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "A Sri Lankan Born Doctor Succumbed To COVID-19 In London". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b Erlen, Jonathon (1 April 2001). "A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (review)". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 56 (2): 182–183. doi:10.1093/jhmas/56.2.182. ISSN 1468-4373.
- ^ Murray, Jock (October 1999). "Book Reviews: A Dictionary of the History of Medicine". 16 (2): 374–376. doi:10.3138/cbmh.16.2.374.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Geddes, Jennian F (November 1999). "A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (reviewed)". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 92 (11): 604–605. doi:10.1177/014107689909201124. PMC 1297448.
- ^ a b Bowers Jr, George N (1 March 2001). "A Dictionary of the History of Medicine". Clinical Chemistry. 47 (3): 611–612. doi:10.1093/clinchem/47.3.611b.
- ^ Crellin, J.K (October 2002). "A Dictionary of the History of Science". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 19 (2): 513–514. doi:10.3138/cbmh.19.2.513.