Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike
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| Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike | |
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| File:Kingsley C. Dassenaike.pngKingsley C. Dassenaike.png 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | |
| Born | 19 June 1914 Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
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Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike (/dəsəˈnaɪəkə/ də-sə-NEYE-ə-kə Sinhala: කිංස්ලි දසනායක; Tamil: தசநாயக்க கிங்ஸ்லி Moratuwa, Sri Lanka June 19, 1914-), the first non-foreign Principal of the Ceylon School for the Deaf & Blind in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka[1] was the inventor of the Sinhalese Braille system,[citation needed] and served as the Chairman of the Extension Scout Committee for handicapped Scouts of the World Organization of the Scout Movement[2] as well as National Headquarters Commissioner, District Commissioner for Colombo of the Sri Lanka Scout Association from 1958 to 1963 and acting District Commissioner of Moratuwa–Piliyandala.
Early life[edit]
Sinhala Braille system[edit]
In 1947, Dassanaike, principal of the school for the blind at Ratmalana,[3] introduced a Sinhala braille code influenced by the English braille code.[4][5] In 1952, a universally accepted Braille system was introduced by UNESCO.[6][7]
Later life in Scouting[edit]
In 1972, he was awarded the 76th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded at the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi, Kenya by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting,[8][9] the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date. He served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts.[10] Further he was Vice-President of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/071028/Plus/plus00013.html
- ↑ Official List of Bronze Wolf Awardees
- ↑ https://www.freunde-der-dzb.de/files/papers_topic_6_weerawardhana.doc
- ↑ Dassanayake K.C., (1960) Sinhala Braille kramaya.
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2943058?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents UNESCO, 1956. xxvii, 139 p. (UNESCO ... (1956), 97-104. UNESCO international seminar on public ...... DASSENAIKE, KINGSLEY C.
- ↑ UNESCO/MC/Conf.9/10 Paris, 8 December 1950 "Interim Memorandum on Uniform Braille for India and South East Asia, with due reference to its Co-ordinated Relationship to the Braille of Other Areas" p. 2/3 section "Ceylon"
- ↑ UNESCO, 1953, pp 27–28
- ↑ Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221
- ↑ https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list complete list
- ↑ Pg. No 105 of the Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962
- ↑ https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/Abm/bm1958/BrailleMonitorApril1958.html
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