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Obeyesekere (Sinhala: ඔබේසේකර, romanized: Obēsēkara) is a
Sinhalese surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Arjuna Obeyesekere, Sri
Lankan puisne...
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Gananath Obeyesekere (2
February 1930 – 25
March 2025) was a Sri
Lankan anthropologist of
religion and
professor of
anthropology at
Princeton University...
- The Sahlins–
Obeyesekere debate is an
academic controversy in
anthropology about the
death of the
British explorer James Cook,
particularly whether the...
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Donald Obeyesekere, MBE (1888–1964) was a
prominent colonial era
legislator from Ceylon. He was a
member of the
State Council of Ceylon, the Legislative...
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James Obeyesekere may
refer to: Sir
James Peter Obeyesekere I,
Ceylonese lawyer and
legislator Sir
James Peter Obeyesekere II (1879–1968), Head Mudaliyar...
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James Peter Obeyesekere I (????-1880) was a
Ceylonese legislator. He was an
unofficial member of the
Legislative Council of
Ceylon representing the Sinhalese...
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James Peter Obeyesekere II, Maha Mudaliyar, JP (1879–1968) was a
Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was the last Head
Mudaliyar and
served as aide-de-camp...
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Deshamanya James Peter Obeyesekere III (14 July 1915 – 23
October 2007) was a Sri
Lankan politician and aviator. A Senator, he was also a Parliamentary...
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professor Gananath Obeyesekere describes The
Conquest of
America as "one of the most
provocative books of our time." At the same time,
Obeyesekere critiques several...
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Deshamanya Sivagami Verina "Siva"
Obeyesekere (Sivagami; née D****enaike; 7 May 1929 – 23
December 2017) was the
Cabinet Minister of
Health (1976-1977)...
