Professor Alfred Jeyaratnam Wilson (Tamil: அல்பிரட் ஜெயரத்தினம் வில்சன் 1928 – 31 May 2000) was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author. He began his academic career as a Lecturer in Economics and Political Science at the University of Ceylon and was the Founding Professor of Political Science at the University of Ceylon (1969-72). Later he moved to Canada and was Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick.