• Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976) was a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist, and artist. He was born in Colombo, the son of Paul Edward Pieris and...
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  • to Sir Paul Edward Pieris, civil servant and scholar, and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris. He had a brother Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, a zoologist...
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  • Kavala regional unit, Greece Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist...
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    Lanka. It was first described in 1956 by Sri Lankan zoologist Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala. Since 2020, the Sri Lankan leopard has been listed as Vulnerable...
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    and Colombia. The cherry barb was named Puntius titteya by Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala in 1929. Synonyms include Barbus titteya and Capoeta titteya...
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    elephants in the subspecies Elephas maximus sumatrensis. In 1950, Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala described a subspecies Elephas maximus borneensis, taking...
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  • Sir Paul Edward Pieris Deraniyagala Samarasinha Sriwardhana, CMG (16 February 1874 – 1959; commonly known as Sir Paul E. Pieris) was a Ceylonese civil...
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    (Globicephala spp.), and possibly snubfin dolphins (Orcaella spp.). Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala proposed a subspecies, P. c. meridionalis, in 1945, though...
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    Javan elephant (Elephas maximus sondaicus) was proposed by Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala in 1953, based on an illustration of a carving on the Buddhist...
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  • stranded individuals. The first sighting was recorded by Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala in 1963 and the newly discovered species was named after him...
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    Kalimantan (Indonesia). Elephas maximus borneensis was proposed by Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala in 1950 who described an elephant in an illustration published...
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  • Deegalle Colvin R. de Silva Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala Chandre Dharma-wardana J B Disanayake Siran Upendra Deraniyagala Hema Ellawala Devaka Fernando...
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  • E. Pieris 1935–1941: Don Baron Jayatilaka 1942–1948: Charles Collins 1949–1952: Sidney Arnold Pakeman 1952–1955: Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala 1956–1958:...
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  • - Sir Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, CMG. For social services in Colombo. Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1952 - Edward Frederick...
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