Prafulla Chandra Ray

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Prafulla Chandra Ray was a pioneering Indian chemist, educator, and entrepreneur, often regarded as the father of modern chemistry in India and founder of the pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.

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Prafulla Chandra Ray canonical 8
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray 1

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instanceOf author ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
educator ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
person ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1861-08-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-06-16 ⓘ
degree BSc in chemistry ⓘ
DSc in chemistry ⓘ
describedAs father of modern chemistry in India ⓘ
educatedAt Hare School, Calcutta ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Presidency College, Calcutta ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
history of chemistry ⓘ
inorganic chemistry ⓘ
founded Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd ⓘ
Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ⓘ
fullName Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray ⓘ
honorificTitle Acharya ⓘ
influenced Indian chemical education ⓘ
development of the pharmaceutical industry in India ⓘ
knownFor authoring A History of Hindu Chemistry ⓘ
being a pioneer of modern chemistry in India ⓘ
founding Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ⓘ
research on nitrites and hyponitrites of metals ⓘ
work on mercurous nitrite ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Indian Chemical Society ⓘ
movement Swadeshi movement ⓘ
notableStudent Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ
notableWork A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. ⓘ
Life and Experiences of a Bengali Chemist ⓘ
occupation industrialist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Raruli-Katipara, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
positionHeld Head of the Chemistry Department at University of Calcutta ⓘ
Professor of Chemistry at Presidency College, Calcutta ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Calcutta ⓘ
supported Indian independence movement ⓘ

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