James W. Gair (1927-2016)

Mention should also be made of the passing away of James W. Gair in late
2016 which I only came across in recent months. There is a short article
about him in Wikipedia and here's a quote:

" Professor Emeritus James W. Gair (December 27, 1927 - December 10, 2016)
was a linguist in South Asian linguistics. He was a specialist in Sinhala,
as well as in Pali, Tamil and Dhivehi.  He taught in the Department of
Modern Languages and Linguistics of Cornell University (Ithaca, New York).
later the Department of Linguistics. He died right before his 89th birthday
on December 10, 2016. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gair

Here also is some information on his Pali book:

A New Course in Reading Pali: Entering the Word of the Buddha.
James W. Gair & W.S. Karunatillake
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2014 (5th reprint of the 1998 edn.)
xxii, 207 pp.

Best wishes,

Jim