Prafulla Chandra Ray
✓ Source-basedstableBengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist (1861-1944)
ScientistsLived 1861 to 1944 · aged 82
Fame51.3
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Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE FNI FRASB FIAS FCS was a Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the father of Indian chemistry.
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Prafulla Chandra Ray Ancestral House & Birthplace at Khulna
Bust of Prafulla Chandra Ray which is placed in the garden of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
Ray on a 1961 stamp of India
An exhibition on Prafulla Chandra Ray was held at the Science City, Kolkata on his 150th birth anniversary (2 August 2011).Awards 3
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Digvijaysinhji RanjitsinhjiAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
William Thomas BlanfordAlso won Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Henry McMahonAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
C. Sankaran NairAlso won Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Mortimer WheelerAlso won Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
R. K. Shanmukham ChettyAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian EmpireAbout this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1861 to 1944 · aged 82
Written about in
19 languages
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