Acharya prafulla chandra ray

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1. AchAryA PrAfullA
chAndrA rAy
Alakananda P S
Physical Science

2. P.C.Ray
•P.C.Ray known as the father of Indian
Chemistry
•A great teacher, he gave his salary to students
interested in science
•He was a Patriot who stirred his students with
the call Science can wait, but swaraj cannot

3. P.C.Ray
Education
1.He started education in his father’s village
school
2.Higher education was at Hare school and
Metropolital Institute
3.After taking F.A diploma (1881)from the
university of Calcutta he proceeded to the
University of Edinburgh on a Gilchrist
Scholarship.

4. P.C.Ray
Career
1.Ray joined in a specially created post in the
Presidency college
2.On retiring from the Presidency college ,he
became the first Palit professor of Chemistry in
the University college of science
3.Here he continued his research and teaching
for another decades till 1937

5. P.C.Ray
Research
•His research covered a wide range of problems related
to food adultevation
•Search for the elements missing in the periodic table
•In 1896 he published a paper on presentation of a new
stable chemical compound:Mercurous Nitrate
•Ray developed a new method for the synthesis of
Ammonium Nitrate
•Ray wrote more than 100 papers ,some in collaboration
with his students on Mercury salts and related
compounds

6. P.C.Ray
He founded
•Bengal chemical&pharmaceutical works
•Bengal pottery works
•Calcatta soapworks and other factories
•A new Indian School of Chemistry

7. P.C.Ray
Literary Works
•Ray was a voracious reader of literature, history
and biography. He could read half-a-dozen
languages. He once claimed that he ‘became a
chemist almost by mistake.’
•The History of Hindu Chemistry which appeared
in two volume

8. P.C.Ray
Honours
•Honorary doctorates C.I.E(1911)
•Knightwood(1919)
•President of the Indian Chemical society(1924)
•The Royal society of chemistry honored his life
and work with the first ever chemical landmark
Plaque outside Europe.

9. P.C.Ray
Life
•He lived a life of extreme self-denial. He became a
symbol of plain living. Mahatma Gandhi said: “It is
difficult to believe that the man in simple Indian
dress wearing simple manners could possibly be the
great scientist and professor.”
•The university established the Acharya P.C Ray
museum to house his personal belongings,collection of
books and many of Shakesphere’s playes with his
personal noting

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