Gerald Henry Cooray, OBE,[1] FRCP (3 October 1908 – 27 February 1970) was a Sri Lankan pathologist. He was the president of the Ceylon Medical Association[2] and Professor of Pathology at the University of Ceylon.[3]

Born in Panadura, Ceylon to Henry Cooray, a government medical officer and Pusethi Sudhira, daughter of Charles Frederick Sudhira Jayawickrema, an interpreter in the law courts.[citation needed] He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and studied medicine at the King's College Hospital, where he qualified with the Conjoint in 1932 and gained a MBBS the year after.[citation needed] On his return, he joined the Department of Health. In 1946, he joined the University of Ceylon as a lecturer in Pathology. He gained his MD (London) by thesis, winning the Gold Medal in Pathology, the first and only Ceylonese to do so.[citation needed] In 1953, he was appointed Professor of Pathology succeeding Professor W. A. E. Karunaratne. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1951 New Year Honours and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1956 New Year Honours.[citation needed] In 1960, he was awarded the MRCP for his published work and elected FRCP in 1966.[citation needed] He served as president of the Ceylon Medical Association, Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ceylon Cancer Society. He was a member of WHO Expert Advisory Panels on Cancer Diagnosis and Control.[4]

In 1937 he married Mallika Leelawathie, daughter of Arthur Vincent Dias, a planter. They had one son and two daughters.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette" (PDF). The London Gazette. 10 June 1954. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Professor G. H. Cooray". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 46 (5): 297. May 1970. ISSN 0035-8843. PMC 2387747.
  3. ^ "Gerald Henry Cooray". Lancet. 1 (7645): 528. 7 March 1970. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(70)91619-3. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 4190215.
  4. ^ Wolstenholme, Sir Gordon; Aggatalle, Daphne. "Gerald Henry Cooray". rcplondon.ac.uk. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 14 December 2021.