SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY ,SCIENTIST BORN 1861 AUGUST 2-1944 JUNE 16
SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY ,SCIENTIST BORN 1861 AUGUST 2-1944 JUNE 16 Acharya Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy) CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944)[2] was an eminent Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist.[2] He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry (post classical age) and is regarded as the father of chemical science in India.[3] 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. He is the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of Sixteenth Century (1902). Biography Family background Prafulla Chandra Ray was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara, then in the Jessore Distri...