1861 - 1944
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 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. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prafulla Chandra Ray has received more than 1,028,448 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Prafulla Chandra Ray is the 429th most popular chemist.
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Among chemists, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 429 out of 509. Before him are Nikolay Zinin, Isabella Karle, Edmond Frémy, Fausto Elhuyar, Henri Laborit, and Edward Charles Howard. After him are Johann Schweigger, Jean Stas, Arthur Aikin, Walter Noddack, Oswald Schmiedeberg, and Luis E. Miramontes.
1812 - 1880
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 423
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 424
1814 - 1894
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 425
1755 - 1833
HPI: 49.50
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1914 - 1995
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 427
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 428
1861 - 1944
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 429
1779 - 1857
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 431
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 432
1893 - 1960
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 433
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 434
1925 - 2004
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 435
Among people born in 1861, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 93. Before him are József Rippl-Rónai, Saovabha Phongsri, Lucien Simon, Fanny Brate, Richard Sears, and Shirase Nobu. After him are Hannes Hafstein, Makino Nobuaki, Frederic Remington, Ernest Renshaw, Mikhail Matyushin, and Helen Herron Taft. Among people deceased in 1944, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 207. Before him are Martin Kutta, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Isabelino Gradín, Johan Pitka, Árpád Weisz, and Hendrikus Colijn. After him are Hippolyte Aucouturier, Henryk Sławik, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Henry Wood, Aino Ackté, and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne.
1861 - 1927
HPI: 50.78
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1861 - 1919
HPI: 50.61
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1861 - 1945
HPI: 50.32
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1861 - 1940
HPI: 50.21
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1861 - 1943
HPI: 50.10
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1861 - 1946
HPI: 49.27
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1861 - 1944
HPI: 49.26
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1861 - 1922
HPI: 49.14
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1861 - 1949
HPI: 49.12
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1861 - 1909
HPI: 49.01
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1861 - 1899
HPI: 49.00
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1861 - 1934
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1861 - 1943
HPI: 48.49
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1867 - 1944
HPI: 49.88
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1892 - 1944
HPI: 49.75
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1897 - 1944
HPI: 49.68
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1872 - 1944
HPI: 49.61
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1896 - 1944
HPI: 49.57
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1869 - 1944
HPI: 49.37
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1861 - 1944
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1876 - 1944
HPI: 49.00
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1894 - 1944
HPI: 48.97
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1921 - 1944
HPI: 48.89
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1869 - 1944
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 211
1876 - 1944
HPI: 48.77
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1880 - 1944
HPI: 48.57
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