R. L. Brohier

Richard Leslie Brohier, OBE, FRAS, FRGS (5 October 1892 – 14 February 1980) was a Ceylonese Burgher surveyor and writer.

He served as Deputy Surveyor General of Ceylon and Chairman of the Gal Oya Development Board.

He passed the senior departmental professional examination in 1921, and was appointed to the grade of Assistant Superintendent of Surveys and headed the surveyor party in the North Central Province.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1947 Birthday Honours for his service as Assistant Surveyor General.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate DLitt (Honoris Causa) from the University of Ceylon in 1963 and was presented the Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1971.