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Acharya Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS is a distinguished Bengali chemist, educator, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He founded the first modern chemistry research school in India and is considered the father of chemical sciences in India. The Royal Chemical Society honored his life and work with the first chemical nameplate outside of Europe. He is the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company. He is the author of the history of Hindu chemistry from the early period until the mid-sixteenth century.
BornPrafulla Chandra Ray, 2 August 1861, Raruli-Katipara, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India, (now in the Khulna District, Khulna Division, Bangladesh)
DiedJune 16, 1944, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now India)
NationalityBritish Indian
FieldsInorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, History of chemistry
InstitutionsPresidency College, Calcutta, Calcutta University College of Science (also known as Rajabazar Science College)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.A.), University of Edinburgh (B.Sc, D.Sc.)
ThesisConjugated Sulphates of the Copper-Magnesium Group: A Study of Isomorphous Mixtures and Molecular Combinations (1887)
Notable studentsSatyendranath Bose, Meghnad Saha, Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, Jnan Chandra Ghosh
Notable awards1912 Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE), 1919 Knight Bachelor, 1902 Fellow of the Chemical Society (FCS), 1935 Foundation Fellow of the National Institute of Sciences of India (FNI), 1943 Fellow of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (FIAS)

About Prafulla Chandra Ray

Chemist Prafulla Chandra Ray was born on August 2, 1861 in Bangladesh (He dies at the age of 82, on June 16, 1944).

He is regarded as the father of Indian chemistry and the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century. Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals was his first pharmacy in India.

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Prafulla Chandra Ray before becoming famous

Prafulla Chandra Ray was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1861 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He had dysentery, which harmed his health for the rest of his life.

Achievement of Prafulla Chandra Ray

He received the first-ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside of Europe from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prafulla Chandra Ray's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Hare School was where he and his older brother also went.

Prafulla Chandra Ray Collabed with

He and Chemist Peter Agre, an American-born chemist, are two of the most renowned chemists of the contemporary age.

Prafulla Chandra Ray Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Prafulla Chandra Ray updated on March 15 2023.