Prafulla Chandra Ray

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author chemist educator entrepreneur person philanthropist

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray	1
Prafulla Chandra Ray canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ chemist ⓘ educator ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ person ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ surface form: 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, Kolkata ⓘ surface form: Presidency College, Calcutta University of Calcutta ⓘ
fieldOfWork	chemistry ⓘ history of chemistry ⓘ inorganic chemistry ⓘ
founded	Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ⓘ surface form: Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ⓘ
fullName	Prafulla Chandra Ray self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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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Subject: Prafulla Chandra Ray
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (2)

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Presidency College, Kolkata → notableAlumnus → Prafulla Chandra Ray ⓘ

Prafulla Chandra Ray → fullName → Prafulla Chandra Ray self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray