Prafulla Chandra Ray
Bengali chemist, educationist, nationalist, industrialist and philanthropist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944)[2] was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist.[2] He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry (post classical age) and is regarded as the Father of Indian Chemistry.[3]
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Born | Prafulla Chandra Ray 2 August 1861 |
Died | 16 June 1944(1944-06-16) (aged 82) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
Nationality | British Indian |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) University of Edinburgh (B.Sc., D.Sc.) |
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Thesis | Conjugated Sulphates of the Copper-Magnesium Group: A Study of Isomorphous Mixtures and Molecular Combinations (1887) |
Doctoral advisor | Alexander Crum Brown |
Notable students | Satyendranath Bose Meghnad Saha Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee Jnan Chandra Ghosh |
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The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured his life and work with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company. He is the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century (1902).