Ashutosh Mukherjee

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Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee; 29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was an Indian mathematician, lawyer, jurist, judge, educator, and institution builder. A unique figure in Indian history, he made major contributions in the fields of mathematics, law, and higher education. A holder of Masters degrees in both Mathematics and Natural Sciences, he was one of the first Indians to publish research papers in British journals. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh at the age of 22, and was a Fellow or Member of various learned bodies in Europe and the United States (as noted below). Next, Mukherjee passed his law examination and built a successful law practice. He became a law professor and a judge of the Calcutta High Court, and acted as the Chief Justice on couple of occasions. "It was his ambition that Calcutta should become a centre of learning and research," noted his obituary in Nature (1924). As the Vice...

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