Jagadish Chandra Bose
Physicist, Academic
1858 – 1937
Who was Jagadish Chandra Bose?
Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, CSI, CIE, FRS was a Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as well as an early writer of science fiction. He pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made very significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science. He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction. He also invented the crescograph.
Born in Bikrampur during the British Raj, Bose graduated from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. He then went to the University of London to study medicine, but could not pursue studies in medicine due to health problems. Instead, he conducted his research with the Nobel Laureate Lord Rayleigh at Cambridge and returned to India. He then joined the Presidency College of University of Calcutta as a Professor of Physics. There, despite racial discrimination and a lack of funding and equipment, Bose carried on his scientific research. He made remarkable progress in his research of remote wireless signalling and was the first to use semiconductor junctions to detect radio signals.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1858
Bikrampur - Also known as
- Jôgodish Chôndro Boshu
- Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
- Parents
- Spouses
- Abala Bose
(1887 - )
- Abala Bose
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Nationality
- British Raj
- Profession
- Education
- Christ's College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Bachelor's degree, University of Calcutta
- Bachelor of Science, University of London
- Presidency College, Kolkata
- St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
(1875 - ) - St. Xavier's Collegiate School
- Hare School
(1869 - )
- Employment
- Presidency College, Kolkata
- Lived in
- India
- Bangladesh
- Kolkata
- Died
- Nov 23, 1937
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on July 23, 2013
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