P. Kanagasabapathy

Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923.^[1] He was the son of Iyampillai Perampalam from Erlalai in northern Ceylon.^[1] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.^[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon.^[1] He then went to the University of Cambridge, graduating with a master's degree in mathematics.^[1]

Kanagasabapathy married Meenambikai in 1949.^[1] They had three children (Pathmini, Mythili and Nanada Kumaran).^[1]

Kanagasabapathy worked at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from 1950 to 1974 as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of mathematics.^[1] He joined the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in October 1974 as a professor of mathematics.^[1] He was head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna campus from October 1974 to January 1977.^[2][3] He died in January 1977.^[1] He published number of papers in Mathematical Journals.^[4][5]