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Satish Chandra Das Gupta[2] was a Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist.[2] A leading Bengali nationalist, he established the first Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the father of chemical science in India.[3]
- "Obituary: Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray". Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. XXI: 253–260. 1944.
- Uma Dasgupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. p. 137. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.
- Prior to 1970, the Indian National Science Academy was named the "National Institute of Sciences of India", and its fellows bore the post-nominal "FNI". The post-nominal became "FNA" in 1970 when the association adopted its present name.
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Born | Prafulla Chandra Ray 2 August 1861 Raruli-Katipara, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in the Khulna District, Khulna Division, Bangladesh) |
Died | 16 June 1944(1944-06-16) (aged 82) |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) University of Edinburgh (B.Sc., D.Sc.) |
Known for | Founder of Indian chemistry research; Founder of the Indian chemical industry |
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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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