Jagadish Chandra Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose
CSI, CIE, FRS
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Bose lecturing on the "nervous system" of plants at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1926
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| Native name |
জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু |
| Born |
(1858-11-30)30 November 1858
Munshiganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died |
23 November 1937(1937-11-23) (aged 78)
Giridih, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Giridih, Jharkhand, India) |
| Residence |
Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Citizenship |
British Indian |
| Fields |
Physics, biophysics, biology, botany, archaeology, Bengali literature, Bengali science fiction
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| Institutions |
University of Calcutta
University of Cambridge
University of London
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| Alma mater |
University of Calcutta
Christ's College, Cambridge
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
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| Academic advisors |
John Strutt (Rayleigh) |
| Notable students |
Satyendra Nath Bose
Meghnad Saha
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Sisir Kumar Mitra
Debendra Mohan Bose
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| Known for |
Millimetre waves
Radio
Crescograph
Contributions to Plant biology
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| Notable awards |
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) (1903)
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) (1911)
Knight Bachelor (1917) |
| Spouse |
Abala Bose |
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Signature
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Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose,CSI,CIE,FRS, also spelled Jagdish and Jagadis (;Bengali pronunciation: [dʒɔgod̪iʃ tʃɔnd̪ro bosu]; 30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937), was a Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist and archaeologist, and an early writer of science fiction. Living in British India, he pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made 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. Bose is considered the father of Bengali science fiction, and also invented the crescograph, a device for measuring the growth of plants. A crater on the moon has been named in his honour.
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