posted on 2018-05-10, 15:15authored byBrian Leathard
Alek Fraser spent most of his adult life in the world of
education in the British colonies. His tenure of office as
Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, one of Ceylon's most
prestigious schools for boys, ran from 1904 to 1924 and covered
a period of immense educational, societal and political change.
Fraser's own vision of his task was to create an environment in
which indigenous Christianity would develop within the island.
For Fraser the whole future of the colony depended upon the
success of this venture, the creation of a truly Eastern nation
rooted in an indigenous leadership committed to Christianity. [Continues]
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Publication date
1990
Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.