Henry Parker

Henry Parker was born in 1849 and arrived in Ceylon in 1873. An officer in charge of irrigation in the Public Works Department until 1904, he travelled the island, took an interest in the ancient reservoirs and, through them, in archaeology: as early as 1884 he reported on discoveries made at Tissamaharama. He spoke Sinhalese and Tamil. In 1909 he published in London a study of the aboriginal inhabitants and the ancient civilisation of the island, then his collections of tales. No date of death is known for him.

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• TaleVillage Folk-Tales of CeylonHenry Parker · 1910Literature