| W.L. Jeyasingham | |
| Birth Name: | William Luther Jeyasingham |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1916 |
| Death Date: | December 1989 (aged 73) |
| Education: | St Patrick's College, Jaffna St. Joseph's College, Colombo University of Ceylon Clark University |
| Occupation: | Academic |
| Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna | |
| Term: | December 1978 - January 1979 |
| Predecessor: | K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal & S. Gamalath |
| Successor: | S. Rajaratnam |
William Luther "W.L." Jeyasingham (7 January 1916 - December 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, geographer, academic and dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
Jeyasingham was born on 7 January 1916.[1] He was educated at St Patrick's College, Jaffna and St. Joseph's College, Colombo.[1] He passed the Cambridge Seniors exam with honours and matriculated in 1933.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, graduating in 1939 with a degree in mathematics and geography.[1]
Jeyasingham married Sarah Pushpam Mills.[1] They had four sons and a daughter.[1]
Jeyasingham joined Jaffna College as a teacher in 1940.[1] He then won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Clark University from where he received a MA degree in 1951 after producing a thesis titled The Kalutara District, with Special Reference to Settlements.[2] He received a Phd from the university in 1958 after producing a thesis titled The Geography of Jaffna Town.[1] [2]
Jeyasingham then returned to Jaffna College, serving as head of the social services department and president of the college (1965–74).[1]
Jeyasingham was later an associate professor and head of the department of geography at the University of Jaffna.[1] He was dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university from December 1978 to January 1979.[3]
Jeyasingham moved to the United States in 1984. He died in December 1989, aged 73.[1]