Anton Sebastianpillai Explained

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Anton Sebastianpillai FRCP (23 January 1945 – 4 April 2020), was a British historian, author (writing as Anton Sebastian) and consultant geriatrician, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin.^[1]

Biography

He had his primary and secondary education at St Sylvester's College, Kandy and trained at Peradeniya Medical School, in Sri Lanka, qualifying in 1967.^[2]

He gave talks to the Foreign Correspondents' Club, New Delhi, India, and gave the 'Millennium Oration' of the Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America.^[3]

He died on 4 April 2020, at Kingston Hospital, London, after contracting COVID-19 while working there.^[4] He had been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit on 31 March and was aged 75.^[5]

He was a bibliophile, with a collection of rare books on Sri Lanka and on medical history.^[6]

Works

As Anton Sebastian he wrote a number of reference works:

• Book: Anton . Sebastian . 0 . A Dictionary of the History of Medicine . 1999 . CRC Press . 978-1850700210 . ^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Book: Anton . Sebastian . 0 . Dates in Medicine . 2000 . CRC Press . 978-1850700951 .
• Book: Anton . Sebastian . 0 . A Dictionary of the History of Science . 2001 . CRC Press . 978-1850704188. ^[10]
• Book: Anton . Sebastian . 0 . A Complete Illustrated History of Sri Lanka . 2014 . Vijitha Yapa Publications . Sri Lanka . 2nd . 978-9556651492.

His Dictionary of the History of Medicine won a British Medical Association Medical Book Award.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tributes for British Tamil Doctor On the Frontline Who Dies from Coronavirus . . 8 April 2020.
2. Web site: Doctor in his 70s dies at London hospital . . 8 April 2020 . 7 April 2020.
3. News: Bringing Out the Very Essence of This Country . . 8 April 2020 . 26 February 2012.
4. News: Jenkinson . Orlando . Tributes for Kingston Doctor Lost to Coronavirus . 8 April 2020 . Sutton & Croydon Guardian .
5. Web site: A Sri Lankan Born Doctor Succumbed To COVID-19 In London . Asian Tribune . 9 April 2020.
6. Erlen . Jonathon . A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (review) . . 1 April 2001 . 56 . 2 . 182–183 . 10.1093/jhmas/56.2.182 . 1468-4373.
7. Murray . Jock . Book Reviews: A Dictionary of the History of Medicine . October 1999 . 16 . 2 . 374–376 . 10.3138/cbmh.16.2.374. free .
8. Geddes . Jennian F . A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (reviewed) . . November 1999 . 92 . 11 . 604–605 . 10.1177/014107689909201124 . 1297448.
9. Bowers Jr . George N . A Dictionary of the History of Medicine . . 1 March 2001 . 47 . 3 . 611–612 . 10.1093/clinchem/47.3.611b. free .
10. Crellin . J.K . A Dictionary of the History of Science . . October 2002 . 19 . 2 . 513–514 . 10.3138/cbmh.19.2.513. free .