Valentine Joseph was a Sri Lankan Tamil mathematician, noted for his contributions to education.
13 Facts About Valentine Joseph
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Valentine Joseph's extended family were Roman Catholics, with his cousin, Dominic Vendargon, becoming the first Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.
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Valentine Joseph commenced school at St Xavier's Institution in Penang in 1935.
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Valentine Joseph prepared for the University Entrance Examination as a science student studying pure mathematics, applied mathematics, physics and geography at St Patrick's College, Jaffna.
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In 1949, Valentine Joseph entered University of Ceylon to study for a four-year mathematics degree, obtaining a first class degree in three years.
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Valentine Joseph joined the University of Ceylon as an assistant lecturer in 1952 where he stayed for the next 42 years.
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Valentine Joseph was sent by the university to King's College London in 1956 to commence a doctoral thesis in mathematical physics, joining a renowned group of General Relativity specialists, under the guidance of Professor Felix Pirani, to work on developing Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.
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Valentine Joseph went on to publish a number of academic papers pertaining to this subject.
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Valentine Joseph authored an A-level mathematics textbook in Sinhala entitled Gathikaya in 1994.
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Valentine Joseph maintained an interest in teaching throughout his later retirement, and in 2016 published an updated English edition of his book, Dynamics: Newtonian Relativity.
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Valentine Joseph gave his final lecture in 2016 entitled "Einstein: The Wunderkind".
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Valentine Joseph married Antonia in 1965 and they had two children, Umesh and Arulesh.
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Valentine Joseph replied in Sinhala: "I am a human being".