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Prafulla Chandra Ray

1861 - 1944

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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

Among chemists, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 429 out of 509Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Prafulla Chandra Ray ranks 93Before 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 207Before 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.

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