
Doric de Souza
Anthony Theodoric Armand “Doric” de Souza
Born on 12 june 1914
Died on 12 March 1987 was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician, Senator, Professor of English and a brilliant Marxist theoretician.
Born to Goan journalist Armand de Souza, who was the editor of the Ceylon Morning Leader and a founding member of the Ceylon National Congress, Doric was educated at as a young child at St Bridgets Convent, and then at St. Joseph’s College, Colombo as well the University College, Colombo where he graduated with a BA honours in English. After graduating he received a scholarship to the University of London and on his return was appointed as a Lecturer in the English Department of the University College, Colombo.