Henry Parker (1849–unknown) was a British engineer in colonial Ceylon during the Victorian era. He was attached to the Irrigation Department from 1873 to 1904.[1][2] During his work as an engineer he developed an admiration for the skills displayed by the ancient Sinhalese at the time of the construction of their reservoirs.[3]
Parker is renowned for having studied and compiled the folklore of Sri Lanka, becoming an authority on the subject. He was the author of two books:
- Ancient Ceylon, London-Luzac & Co., First Published by the India Office (1909), is an account of the aboriginal and early civilization of Sri Lanka
- Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon. A voluminous compilation of folk tales collected and translated by the author.
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Village Folk Tales of Ceylon, Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3
- Sri Lanka Ancient Irrigation
- Symbolism on Ancient Sri Lankan Coins
- Gananath Obeyesekere, Colonial Histories and Vädda Primitivism Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  | This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |