Satyendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Nath Bose, a famous physicist and mathematician was born in Calcutta, in British India, on 1st January 1894. Ho was the eldest of seven children of their parents. His father, Surendranath Bose, worked in the Engineering Department of the East India Railway Company. Bose started his education in Hindu School in Calcutta. He later attended for graduation in Presidency College in Calcutta. From the institutions he studied, he earned highest marks. In his life, he came in contact with many eminent teachers such as Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray from whom he received the teachings to aim high in life. From 1916 to 1921, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Physics Department of the University of Calcutta. In 1921, he then joined in newly formed Dhaka University (now in Bangladesh).