Barr-Kumarakulasinghe’s and other famililes

Events

Attributes

Parents

Families

Gallery

England House in Penang Malaysia

itambyah_1930

it_1938

Issac thambyah 1926

Narrative

Barrister at Grays Inn, Lawyer, Theologian and Author

FOREGLEAMS of GOD A comparative study of Hinduism, Buddhism and
Christianity by Isaac Tambyah. Published by Luzac and Co. London,
1925

Obituary of Dr Isaac Tambyah read as
Theologian And Lawyer
Born on August 19, 1869, at Jaffna, he was educated at St. John's
College, Jaffna. then at St. Thomas, College, Colombo. Thereafter he
held the Divinity scholarship till 1891 and was Liturgy Prizeman,
besides editing the College Magazine. Qualifying as a lawyer he
practised in Jaffna until 1901 and then in Colombo until 1913. In
1912 he was called to the Bar, Gray's Inn, and proceeded to Malaya
the next year to set up in practice there. He soon made a name for
himself in politics and the law while at the same time not neglecting
his theological studies. While in Malaya he obtained the degrees of
D. D. and D. Th. Returning in 1924 Dr. Tambyah forsook the law and
was ordained a Deacon. Two years later he was ordained Priest and
appointed to St. John's Church, Chundikuli. He remained here till
1938 when he went as Priest-in-Charge, Bandarawela. Early in 1940 he
was transferred to Holy Trinity Church, San Sebastian and died at the
age of 71 years. At the time of his death he was Vicar of Holv
Trinity Church, San Sebastian Vice-Principal of the 'Divinity
School', Colombo. He was married to the daughter of the late
Mudaliyar J. W. B. Kumarkulasinghe and his sister Elizabeth Nesamani
was married to Mudaliyar A. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe.

Catholic Tastes: Dr. Tambyah was a man of wide culture and Catholic
tastes. He founded and edited the "Ceylon Review" the first Law
Magazine published in Ceylon. He was the author of the "Digest of the
Law Contract" and "Commentary on the Ceylon Penal Code" and
"Commentary on the Ceylon Labour Ordinance", besides editing the
"Ceylon Law Review" and &"Tambyahs Reports". While a law student Dr.
Tambyah edited the "Law-Students Magazine' and the 'Period'.
He also edited collections of poems by various writers and in 1897
came out with the "Garland of Ceylon Verse" the first collection of
published poems written in Ceylon. Later on in life he wrote
"Foregleams of God", Psalms of a Saiva Saint and a Tamil Mystic".
Foregleams of God is a comparative Study of Hinduism, Buddhism and
Christianity. Pslams of a Saiva Saint consists of 366 translations
with notes and a long long introduction and is a Christian Laymans
endeavour to understand a great Hindu poet.

Narrative

Publications
A digest of the law of contract: containing the outlines of the English law on the subject, the outlines of the Roman-Dutch law, a collection of illustrative English and Ceylon cases, a summary of the chief Ceylon statutes relating to contracts, notes on some maxims relating to contracts, and ...
By TambiPiḷḷai Isaac Tambyah
Published by H. W. Cave, 1897

The Revised Reports of Ceylon: Being a Republication of All Such Acases of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon (reported from the Year 1820, as are Still of Practical Utility
By T Isaac Tambyah, Ceylon Supreme Court, Ceylon
Published by "Ceylon Law Review", 1879

Current Case-law, 1906: Being Short Notes of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1906 Reported and Unreported
By Tambi-Piḷḷai Isaac Tambyah, Ceylon Supreme Court, Ceylon
Published 1910 58 pages

Pedigree

1. Tambypillai, Thillaiampalam A.
   1. Tambypillai, wife1
      1. Tambypillai, Aalaiyeddi
      2. Tambyah, Isaac
         1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Mangalanayagam

Ancestors

Tambyah, Isaac

Tambypillai, Thillaiampalam A.

Tambypillai, wife1