Anton Sebastianpillai

Anton Sebastianpillai FRCP (1944 or 1945 – 4 April 2020), was a British historian, author (writing as Anton Sebastian) and consultant geriatrician, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin.[1]

Anton Sebastianpillai
Bornc. 1944 
Sri Lanka 
DiedKingston Hospital 
Alma mater
OccupationConsultant, geriatrician, author, lexicographer, historian, bibliophile 
Employer

Biography

He 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.[2][4] He had been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit on 31 March[1] and was aged 75.[5]

He was a bibliophile, with a collection of rare books on Sri Lanka and on medical history.[3][6]

Works

As Anton Sebastian he wrote a number of reference works:

  • A Dictionary of the History of Medicine. CRC Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1850700210.[6][7][8][9]
  • Dates in Medicine. CRC Press. 2000. ISBN 978-1850700951.[9]
  • A Dictionary of the History of Science. CRC Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1850704188.[10]
  • A Complete Illustrated History of Sri Lanka (2nd ed.). Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications. 2014. ISBN 978-9556651492.[3]

His Dictionary of the History of Medicine won a BMA Medical Book Award.[3]

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