death_date death_place birth_place title profession birth_date article_title name alma_mater
2005 sydney , new south wales , australia ratnapura , sri lanka vice chancellor of the university of sri jayewardenepura academic 1916 hema ellawala
 vidya jyothi hema ellawala university college colombo royal college colombo
hema ellawala

hema ellawala -lrb- 1916 - july 2005 -rrb- was a sri lankan academic .
he was the vice-chancellor of university of sri jayewardenepura and the dean of the faculty of arts and he was an emeritus professor of history & sociology specialized in african studies .
