the 10 April 1843 aged 44 years. Honors He was elected an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Following his death, a fund was raised which erected a tablet at St. Pauls Church, Kandy. The remaining funds were used to start the Turnour Prize at the Royal College, Colombo. Works History of Ceylon The Mahawanso in Roman Characters with the Translation Subjoined, and an Introductory Essay on Pali Buddhistical Literature. Cotto 1837. Eleven Years in Ceylon See also Mahavamsa James Prinsep Pillars of Ashoka Turnour Prize References Notes External links Mulkirigala (Mulgirigala) Raja Maha Viharaya 1799 births 1843 deaths British civil servants in Ceylon Government Agents (Sri Lanka) 19th-century English historians People of British Ceylon