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Prafulla Chandra Ray
Born
Prafulla Chandra Ray

2 August 1861
Died16 June 1944(1944-06-16) (aged 82)
Nationality (legal)Indian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.A.)
University of Edinburgh (B.Sc., D.Sc.)
Known forFounder 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 advisorAlexander Crum Brown
Notable studentsSatyendranath Bose
Meghnad Saha
Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee
Jnan Chandra Ghosh
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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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ray_FCS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray". Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. XXI: 253–260. 1944.
  3. ^ Uma Dasgupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. p. 137. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.


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