CHEMIST

Prafulla Chandra Ray

1861 - 1944

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Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE FNI FRASB FIAS FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Prôphullô Côndrô Rāẏ; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944) was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry (post classical age) and is regarded as the Father of Indian Chemistry. The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured his life and work with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prafulla Chandra Ray has received more than 1,106,323 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Prafulla Chandra Ray is the 397th most popular chemist (up from 429th in 2019).

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 397 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Moungi Bawendi, Ferdinand Reich, George Washington Carver, and Coenraad Johannes van Houten. After him are Luke Howard, Albert Niemann, Constantin Fahlberg, Agnes Pockels, Otto Ambros, and John William Draper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 83. Before him are Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Emil Wiechert, Carl Moll, Bhikaiji Cama, Zinaida Yusupova, and Félix Fénéon. After him are Karl Groos, Paul Ranson, Nasreddine Dinet, Curt von Bardeleben, Jacques-Émile Blanche, and Morgan Robertson. Among people deceased in 1944, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 180. Before him are Miklós Radnóti, Adolf Diekmann, Hans Graf von Sponeck, George David Birkhoff, Félix Fénéon, and Liviu Rebreanu. After him are Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Félix Éboué, Lepke Buchalter, René Daumal, Sára Salkaházi, and Stefan Rowecki.

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