Redigerer Anton Sebastianpillai (avsnitt)

==Biografi==
Han ble utdannet ved [[Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya|Peradeniya Medical School]] i Sri Lanka med eksamen i 1967.<ref name="BBC-52204509">{{cite web |title=Doctor in his 70s dies at London hospital |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52204509 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8. april 2020 |date=7. april 2020}}</ref>

Under navnet Anton Sebastian skrev han en rekke medisinske referanseverker:
* {{cite book |first1=Anton |last1=Sebastian |author-mask1=0 |title=A Dictionary of the History of Medicine |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofhist0000seba_z0x3 |date=1999 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1850700210 }}<ref name="Erlen" /><ref name="Murray">{{cite journal |last1=Murray |first1=Jock |title=Book Reviews: A Dictionary of the History of Medicine |date=Oktober 1999 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=374–376 |doi=10.3138/cbmh.16.2.374}}</ref><ref name="Geddes">{{cite journal |last1=Geddes |first1=Jennian F |title=A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (reviewed) |journal=[[Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine]] |date=November 1999 |volume=92 |issue=11 |pages=604–605 |doi=10.1177/014107689909201124 |pmc=1297448}}</ref><ref name="Bowers">{{cite journal |last1=Bowers Jr |first1=George N |title=A Dictionary of the History of Medicine |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_clinical-chemistry_2001-03_47_3/page/611 |journal=[[Clinical Chemistry (journal)|Clinical Chemistry]] |date=1. mars 2001 |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=611–612 |doi=10.1093/clinchem/47.3.611b|doi-access=free }}</ref> For ''Dictionary of the History of Medicine'' vant han en [[British Medical Association|BMA]] ''Medical Book Award''..<ref name=STSL>{{cite news |title=Bringing Out the Very Essence of This Country |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120226/Plus/plus_02.html |work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]] |accessdate=8. april 2020 |date=26. februar 2012}}</ref>
* {{cite book |first1=Anton |last1=Sebastian |author-mask1=0 |title=Dates in Medicine |url=https://archive.org/details/datesinmedicinec0000seba |date=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |location=  |edition= |isbn=978-1850700951 }}<ref name="Bowers" />
* {{cite book |first1=Anton |last1=Sebastian |author-mask1=0 |title=A Dictionary of the History of Science |date=2001 |publisher=CRC Press |location= |edition= |isbn=978-1850704188}}<ref name="Crellin">{{cite journal |last1=Crellin |first1=J.K |title=A Dictionary of the History of Science |journal=[[Canadian Bulletin of Medical History]] |date=Oktober 2002 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=513–514 |doi=10.3138/cbmh.19.2.513|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* {{cite book |first1=Anton |last1=Sebastian |author-mask1=0 |title=A Complete Illustrated History of Sri Lanka |date=2014 |publisher=Vijitha Yapa Publications |location=Sri Lanka |edition=2nd |isbn=978-9556651492}}<ref name=STSL />

Han var bibliofil, og hadde foruten sjeldne bøker fra hjemlandet Sri Lanka også sjeldne bøker relevant for [[medisinens historie]].<ref name=STSL /><ref name="Erlen">{{cite journal |last1=Erlen |first1=Jonathon |title=A Dictionary of the History of Medicine (review) |journal=[[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences]] |date=1. april 2001 |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=182–183 |doi=10.1093/jhmas/56.2.182 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/15240 |issn=1468-4373}}</ref>

Han døde 4. april 2020 på [[Kingston Hospital]] i London etter å ha blitt smittet der av [[covid-19]] mens han arbeidet der.<ref name="BBC-52204509" /><ref name="Jenkinson">{{cite news |last1=Jenkinson |first1=Orlando |title=Tributes for Kingston Doctor Lost to Coronavirus |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/18366460.tributes-kingston-doctor-lost-coronavirus/ |accessdate=8. april 2020 |work=Sutton & Croydon Guardian }}</ref> Han fikk intensivbehandlig siden 31. mars<ref name="TG" />, og var 75 år gammel da han døde.<ref name="AT">{{cite web |title=A Sri Lankan Born Doctor Succumbed To COVID-19 In London |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/93744 |publisher=Asian Tribune |accessdate=9. april 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410164308/http://www.asiantribune.com/node/93744 |url-status=dead }} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/93744 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2020-12-24 |arkiv-dato=2020-04-10 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410164308/http://www.asiantribune.com/node/93744 |url-status=unfit }}</ref>