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Major Gordon Burrows of Trinity – An Appreciation-by Kavan Rambukwella (Written by Kavan Rambukwella and published in Ceylon Daily news on Momday 7 January 1991) Among things, material Britain exported to its former colonies, they ‘exported’ blackguards as well. But for every blackguard, they also sent ten or more brilliant and dedicated men. some came to spread the gospel with bell, book, and candle. Others like Fraser of Trinity and Stone of St. Thomas Arrived with that missionary zeal selflessly imparted the knowledge they had acquired at home to propagate the colonies with great traditions like in ‘Ceylon’. They even produced men who became more British than the British in body, mind and spirit. Gordon Burrows was not built in the classical mould of a Fraser or a Stone and was no blackguard either.He had an effervescent manner about him that endeared him to whoever he came in contact with.He ...