Pramatha Nath Bose

Pramatha Nath Bose (1855-1934) was a pioneering Indian geologist and paleontologist. [Chakrabarti, R. (2006) P. N. Bose (1855-1934) - An Eminent Geologist. Indian Journal of History of Science 41(2):199-206] P. N. Bose was educated at Krishnagar College and later at St. Xavier's in Calcutta he obtained a Gilchrist scholarship to study in London in 1874. [Arnold, David (2000) Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521563194] During his study in Cambridge he became a friend of Rabindranath Tagore. He was one of the early Indians to join the Geological Survey of India as a graded officer. His initial work was on the Siwalik fossils. He is credited with the discovery of petroleum in Assam and the setting up of the first soap factory in India and was instrumental in the setting up of Jamshedpur by writing to J. N. Tata about the rich iron ore reserves. [Anon, 2005 Tribute to (a) forgotten master. The Telegraph, Calcutta. May 13, 2005. [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050513/asp/ranchi/story_4732049.asp] ]

Writings

* A History of Hindu Civilization. 1896 (3 volumes)
* Bose, P.N., 1884. Geology of Lower Narbada Valley between Nimawar and Kawant. Memoir Geological Survey of India, 21
* Bose P.N. (1880). Undescribed fossil carnivores from the. Sivalik Hills in the collection of the British Museum. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London, 36: 119-136 [http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/1-4/119 abstract]

References

External links

* [http://www.jamshedpurlive.com/i/c/pnbose.html Statue in Jamshedpur]
* A History of Hindu Civilization
** [http://www.archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfHinduCivilisationDuringBritishRuleVolI Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/AHistoryOfHinduCivilisationDuringBritishRuleVolIi Volume 2]