Meghnad Saha

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Indian scientist astrophysicist human physicist

Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist best known for developing the Saha ionization equation, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of stellar atmospheres and spectra.

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instanceOf Indian scientist ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Foreign Member of the Royal Society ⓘ
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-10-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1956-02-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Presidency College, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Presidency College, Calcutta

University of Calcutta ⓘ
electedTo Lok Sabha ⓘ
employer University of Allahabad ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali people ⓘ
familyName Saha ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
spectroscopy ⓘ
founded Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics ⓘ
fullName Meghnad Saha self-link ⓘ
givenName Meghnad ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
influenced Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
influencedBy Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ
knownFor Saha ionization equation ⓘ
contributions to astrophysical spectroscopy ⓘ
work on thermal ionization in stellar atmospheres ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Indian National Congress ⓘ
Indian National Science Academy ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork Saha ionization equation ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested Parliament of India ⓘ
placeOfBirth Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Delhi, India ⓘ
positionHeld Professor at University of Calcutta ⓘ
Professor of Physics at University of Allahabad ⓘ
researchInterest ionization in gases ⓘ
stellar atmospheres ⓘ
workLocation Allahabad ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ

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Presidency College, Kolkata → notableAlumnus → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) → name → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
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Satyendra → notableStudent → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
subject surface form: Satyendra Nath Bose
Prafulla Chandra Ray → notableStudent → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Meghnad Saha → fullName → Meghnad Saha self-link ⓘ
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science → notableScientist → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Meghnad → hasNotableBearer → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Saha → hasNotableBearer → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India → hasNotablePersonBornHere → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
Saha ionization equation → namedAfter → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
"On Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere" → author → Meghnad Saha ⓘ
subject surface form: On Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere