<Tr> <Th> Fields </Th> <Td> Chemistry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable students </Th> <Td> Satyendranath Bose Meghnad Saha Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee Jnan Chandra Ghosh Asima Chatterjee </Td> </Tr> <P> Acharya Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây CIE (Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 2 August 1861--16 June 1944) was a Bengali chemist, educator and entrepreneur . </P> <P> 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). </P>

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