fwd: 19th century Pali scholar

[mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk]

>A colleague of mine has the appended query.  Replies to
>c.hilton at wellcome.ac.uk, or to me at d.wujastyk at ucl.ac.uk.
>
>Many thanks,
>Dominik Wujastyk
>
>I'm trying to identify the author of a letter in a little collection
>currently being catalogued.  The date is 1881, place of address Colombo and
>the signature looks like "W. Sulehuti"; a later owner of the letter has
>commented underneath "Buddhist monk, best Pali scholar in Ceylon".  It would
>be nice to be sure that I've read the signature correctly - does that name
>or a variant thereof ring any bells with you?

Could this be Waskaduwe Subhuti, a scholar monk who is mentioned in early
issues of the Journal of the Pali Text Society ?

Lance Cousins

MANCHESTER, UK
Email: mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk