James Clifford Aelian Corea was a Sri Lankan educationist. He was the former Principal of Royal College Colombo and a former master in Kingswood College, Kandy and Wesley College, Colombo.
The first Sri Lankan Principal of Royal College Colombo
J. C. A. Corea is seated by the side of his father, Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea of Chilaw, surrounded by his brothers and sisters.
The Edirimanne Corea Family Union is a group set up to 'foster interaction' among the members of the powerful Corea family in the island of Sri Lanka. The Corea family is one of the leading families o
Mahatma Gandhi visited the Corea Family in Chilaw in 1927 and stayed with them in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.'
Sri Lankan music Superstar, Annesley Malewana, talks about the Corea Family at the Edirimanne Corea Family Union Sing-A-Long charity event held in the Grand Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November 2011.
The Corea family hail from the west coast town of Chilaw in Sri Lanka. The wider family have played a key role in this town. Both Shirley Corea and Harindra Corea have represented the people of Chilaw in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
John F. Kennedy who was a United States Senator in 1960 visited Sir Claude Corea, President of the United Nations Security Council in his apartment in New York City, during the U.S. presidential race.