Don Ariyapala Kotelawele, born in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, in 1939. Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Professor of History at Ruhuna University, Matara, Sri Lanka.
Fellow (1 September 1982 – 31 August 1983)
I concentrated my research on the northern territories ruled by the Dutch form 1658 till the end of Dutch rule in Sri Lanka.