Tag: <span>Methodist Church of Ceylon</span>

Niles, D(aniel) T(hambyrajah) (1908-1970)
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Niles, D(aniel) T(hambyrajah) (1908-1970)

World leader in ecumenism and evangelism Niles was born in Jaffna, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), into a family of Congregational and Methodist ministers dating to the first Tamil convert in 1821. He was graduated from what is now United Theological College in Bangalore, India, later earning a doctorate at the University of London. His ecumenical involvement...