Harry Charles Purvis Bell
- Harry Charles Purvis Bell
Harry Charles Purvis Bell (1851-1937) was a British civil servant, a commissioner in the Ceylon Civil Service. Appointed an official archaeologist [ [http://www.archaeology.gov.lk/history1.html Department of Archaeology - History ] ] , he carried out many excavations in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), for the Archaeological Survey, during an appointment running from 1890 to 1912 [Robin W. Winks, Alaine M. Low, "The Oxford History of the British Empire" (1999), p. 244.]
After retirement, he also investigated the archaeology and epigraphy of the Maldives, (see Evolution of the Judiciary in the Maldives), where he had been earlier in life [ [http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/info/include/history_early_travellers.php#] , [http://www.cpamedia.com/travel/black_magic_in_paradise/] ] and studied the linguistics of Divehi. Bell had developed a good friendship with the king of Maldives, who put his own royal schooner "Fath-ul-Majid" at his disposition to carry archaeological research in certain atolls south of Male'.
Works
* "The Máldive Islands: An account of the Physical Features, History, Inhabitants, Productions and Trade". Colombo 1883
* "The Máldive Islands. Monograph on the History, Archæology, and Epigraphy" with W. L. De Silva, Colombo 1940.
* "Excerpta Maldiviana", Colombo 1940.
References
*Bethia N. Bell and Heather M. Bell (1993), "H. C. P. Bell: Archaeologist of Ceylon and the Maldives"
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