C. J. Eliezer

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FIMA
சி. ஜே. எலியேசர்
Born
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer

(1918-06-12)12 June 1918
Navatkuli, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died10 March 2001(2001-03-10) (aged 82)
Melbourne, Australia
Alma mater
OccupationAcademic

Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (

Ceylon Tamil
mathematician, physicist and academic.

Early life and family

Eliezer was born on 12 June 1918 in Navatkuli in northern Ceylon.[1][2] He was the son of Jacob Richard Eliezer and Elizabeth Ponnammah Vairakiam.[1] Both of his parents died when he was young.[3] Eliezer was educated at the Wesleyan Mission School, Puloly and Hartley College, Point Pedro (1926–33) where he passed the Cambridge Local Examinations with honours and distinction.[1][3][4] He then spent a year studying at St. Joseph's College, Colombo before joining Ceylon University College in 1935, graduating with a first class honours B.Sc. special degree in mathematics.[1][4][5]

Eliezer married Ranee, daughter of Rev. John Handy.[1] They had five children (Dhamayanthi, Ratna, Anandhi, Renuka and Tamara).[1]

Career

Eliezer worked at Ceylon University College as a

called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1949.[2][7]

Eliezer was appointed professor of mathematics at University of Ceylon in 1949.

vice-chancellor Nicholas Attygalle and chancellor Dudley Senanayake, attempted to remove Tamil as a medium of instruction at the university but this was thwarted by Eliezer and A. M. A. Azeez, a member of the university's council.[4]

Eliezer was appointed foundation professor of mathematics at the

emeritus professor at La Trobe.[1][2][7]

Eliezer had been president of the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member of the Order of Australia in 1996.[2][4][6] He was awarded the Maamanithar (Great Man) honour by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 19 October 1997.[3][4][6]

Eliezer was vice-president of the

Young Men’s Christian Association and a member of the Jaffna College board.[1] He was president of the Ceylon Tamil Association of Victoria and chairman of the Australian Federation of Tamil Associations (1984-2001).[1][6] Eliezer helped Tamil refugees fleeing to Australia following the 1983 anti-Tamil Black July riots.[4] He co-hosted a Tamil language programme on the Special Broadcasting Service.[8] Eliezer died on 10 March 2001 in Melbourne.[2][9]

Works

Eliezer wrote several books and articles including:[1][3][4]

  • Concise Vector Analysis (1963, Pergamon Press)
  • A Modern Text-book on Statics: For Students of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Engineering (1964, Pergamon Press)
  • Mathematics : Queen of the Arts, Handmaiden of the Sciences (1969, La Trobe University)
  • The First Integrals of Some Differential Equations of Dynamics (1978, La Trobe University)
  • Mechanics for Year Eleven (1988, co-author J. G. Barton)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). p. 52.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Eliezer, Christie Jayaratnam (1918 - 2001)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sri Kantha, Sachi (14 July 2012). "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001)". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  4. ^
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  5. ^ Ceylon University College Prospectus 1936-37 (PDF). Ceylon University College. 1936. p. 43.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Emeritus Professors". La Trobe University.
  8. ^ "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (12 June 1918 – 10 March 2001)". Special Broadcasting Service. 9 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Prof. Eliezer Has Passed Away!". Hartley College.

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