Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist)

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Indian scientist astrophysicist human physicist

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

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instanceOf Indian scientist ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Science ⓘ
surface form: DSc
awardReceived Foreign Member of the Royal Society ⓘ
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
birthDate 1893-10-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
citizenship Dominion of India ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 1956-02-16 ⓘ
deathPlace New Delhi, India ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor C. V. Raman ⓘ
doctoralStudent Bibhutibhushan Datta ⓘ
Daulat Singh Kothari ⓘ
educatedAt Presidency College, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Presidency College, Calcutta

University of Calcutta ⓘ
employer University of Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Allahabad University

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
familyName Saha ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
plasma physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Meghnad ⓘ
influenced development of astrophysics in India ⓘ
interpretation of stellar spectra ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Einstein ⓘ
James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ
knownFor Saha ionization equation ⓘ
contributions to astrophysics in India ⓘ
explanation of stellar spectra ⓘ
work on thermal ionization ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Indian National Science Academy ⓘ
Lok Sabha ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
name Meghnad Saha ⓘ
notableWork "On Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere" ⓘ
papers on stellar atmospheres ⓘ
politicalAlignment independent politician ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament of India ⓘ
Professor of Physics at Allahabad University ⓘ
Professor of Physics at University of Calcutta ⓘ
workLocation Allahabad ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ

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