Prafulla Chandra Ray
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| Born | Prafulla Chandra Ray 2 August 1861 |
| Died | 16 June 1944 (aged 82) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) University of Edinburgh (B.Sc., D.Sc.) |
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| Thesis | Conjugated Sulphates of the Copper-Magnesium Group: A Study of Isomorphous Mixtures and Molecular Combinations (1887) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexander Crum Brown |
| Notable students | Satyendranath Bose Meghnad Saha Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee Jnan Chandra Ghosh |
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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. 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 the Sixteenth Century (1902).