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Doric de Souza was born on 1914 in Sri Lanka, is an A lanka sama samaja party politician. Discover Doric de Souza's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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1914 |
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1987 |
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Doric de Souza Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Doric de Souza Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Doric de Souza worth at the age of 73 years old? Doric de Souza’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Sri Lanka. We have estimated Doric de Souza's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Anthony Theodoric Armand "Doric" de Souza (1914–1987) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician, Senator, Professor of English and a brilliant Marxist theoretician.
Born to Goan journalist Armand de Souza, who was the editor of the Ceylon Morning Leader and a founding member of the Ceylon National Congress, Doric was educated at as a young child at St Bridgets Convent, and then at St. Joseph's College, Colombo as well the University College, Colombo where he graduated with a BA honours in English.
After graduating he received a scholarship to the University of London and on his return was appointed as a lecturer in the English Department of the University College, Colombo.
He was interested in the field of Linguistics - as well the phonetic transcriptions of speech in the English language.
A member of the Trotskyist political party Lanka Sama Samaja Party, he became active in its underground work specially during World War II, when LSSP was banned for undermining the war effort.
He assisted Colvin R. de Silva and N.M. Perera in breaking out of jail and smuggled them to India.
On several trips to India he was arrested by the Indian Police.
He married his student Violet, (1915- 2006) who also graduated from the University College in Colombo, and later completed her postgraduate work in librarianship in London, and served as the Associate Librarian at the Peradeniya University (1953- 1968) and the Head University Librarian at the University of Colombo from 1968 till 1977.
In 1946 he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council and held the seat till 1952 when he resigned to take up the post of Senior Lecturer in the English Department in Peradeniya at the University of Ceylon.
In 1957 elected to the Senate and served till 1969.
That year he retired from the University of Ceylon and was appointed as Associated Professor of English of the Vidyalankara University in 1970 and remained there till 1982.
He left academia to serve as Permanent Secretary to the Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs under Minister Colvin R. de Silva during the Bandaranaike regime.
