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Well-known Naturalist, S. V. O. Somanader, conferred D. Lit by Eastern University Samuel Victor Ousmund Somanader the famed naturalist was conferred the degree Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) posthumously at the recently held Convocation of the Eastern University, Batticaloa. He received this well-deserved honour for his immense contribution chiefly in the fields of education and the study of the fauna and flora and the folk culture of the Batticaloa district. He was a well-known and respected, journalist, naturalist, photographer philatelist, a keen student of wide life especially the fauna and the flora of the jungles of the Eastern Province. He regularly wrote a feature titled "Nature Notes by Victor" to the "Times of Ceylon" for many years. He was an Honorary Member of the Wild Life and Nature Protection Society to whose journal "Loris" he contributed nature articles often. He was made a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in recognition of his scientific study of the birds and animals of Eastern Province. He contributed articles on these subjects to foreign newspapers and magazines too. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Teachers. Because of his knowledge and expertise many foreign and local naturalists consulted him on their visit to Batticaloa. He was first Sri Lankan Principal of Methodist Central College, Batticaloa. During his tenure as Principal many improvements were made to the school. The school expanded in numbers and additional classrooms were built. Higher forms were commenced and the examination results improved. He retired after 12 years as Principal in 1954. He was made an Island wide Justice of the Peace (JP). He was an old boy of Methodist Central College, Batticaloa and Wesley College, Colombo. At the Government Teachers' College, Colombo he became first in the Final diploma examination and won the Evans Teaching Prize in his first year. |
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