Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar

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Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar, FRCP is a Sri Lankan physician, academic. He was the first Professor of Medicine at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. [1]

Born to Sir Mohamed Macan Markar, he was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he played cricket for the college at the Royal-Thomian. Macan Markar went on to study medicine at the University of Ceylon, where he also represented the university at cricket. Graduating with a MBBS and winning the Gold medal for in obstetrics and gynaecology, he went on to gain MBBS and M.D. from the University of London and MRCP by 1952. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

He was the younger brother of Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar.

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  1. Mohamed Ajwad Macan Markar