"Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray"@en . "1861-08-02Z"^^ . "1944-06-16Z"^^ . . . "1944Z"^^ . . "Prafulla Chandra Ray"@en . . . . "Praphulla Chandra Ray"@en . "Bangladeshi chemist" . . "Ray, Prafulla Chandra"@en . . . "1861Z"^^ . . "Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (Bengali: \u09AA\u09CD\u09B0\u09AB\u09C1\u09B2\u09CD\u09B2 \u099A\u09A8\u09CD\u09A6\u09CD\u09B0 \u09B0\u09BE\u09AF\u09BC; 2 August 1861 \u2013 16 June 1944) was a Bengali chemist, educator and entrepreneur.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)."@en .