Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

Personal Profile

• Common Name:

  Father of Bengali Science Fiction

• Date of Birth:

  November 30, 1858

• Zodiac Sign:

  Sagittarius

• Place of Birth:

  Mymensingh, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), British India

• Place of Death:

  Giridih, Bengal Presidency,British India

• Date of Death:

  November 23, 1937

• Sex:

  Male

• Nationality:

  British Indian

• Religion:

  Bengali

• Education:

  Joined Hare School in 1869
  St. Xavier’s, Kolkata (1875)
  B.A. in Physical Sciences, Calcutta University in 1879
  B.A. Degree from Christ College, Cambridge.

Family

• Father:

  Bhagawan Chandra Bose (Professor of Physics)

• Spouse:

  Abala

• Relation:

  Brother-in-law: Ananda Mohan Bose
  Father-in-law: Durga Mohan Das (renowned Brahmo reformer)

Career

• Profession:

  Physicist, Biologist, Botanist, Archaeologist And Writer Of Science Fiction

• Claim to Fame:

  Pioneered the investigation of Radio and Microwave Optics
  Laid the oundations of Experimental Science in the Indian subcontinent
  Considered one of the Fathers of Radio Science

• Debut:

  Assistant Professor of Physics in Presidency College, Kolkata