Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944) was the first Indian chemist to achieve high international reputation. Originally trained at the University of Edinburgh, he worked for many years at Presidency College in Calcutta and then at Calcutta University. He built up a remarkable school of chemical research by attracting many outstanding students to work with him and published about 150 papers-many of them in leading British and German journals. Ray was highly respected by his British peers and was the first Indian of that era to be nominated for FRS, in 1913. At the time when his nomination was being considered by the Royal Society, Ray's favourite student, Nil Ratan Dhar (1892-1986), who was to become the second Indian chemist to achieve high international reputation, worked in London and Paris for a few years. Even when Dhar was merely a 24-year-old student, he lobbied with several leading British chemists for the election of Ray and kept Ray informed in a series of fascinating letters-giving us a rare glimpse of what election to the Royal Society meant for Indian scientists of that era. During this time, Ray received a knighthood for his contributions to chemistry, and Nature published a front-page article on Ray's 'life-work'. Many British chemists felt strongly that Ray should be elected FRS and were willing to discuss Ray's case with the young Dhar quite openly. But, rather mysteriously, Ray never got elected.

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FRS提名Prafulla C. Ray爵士和NR Dhar的来信。

Prafulla Chandra Ray爵士（1861-1944）是第一位在国际上享有很高声誉的化学家。他最初在爱丁堡大学接受培训，之后在加尔各答总统学院任职多年，然后在加尔各答大学任职多年。他吸引了许多优秀的学生与他一起工作，从而建立起了卓越的化学研究学院，并发表了约150篇论文，其中许多在英国和德国的主要期刊上发表。雷在1913年得到英国同行的高度推崇，并且是该时代第一个被提名为FRS的印度人。在皇家学会考虑提名他的提名时，雷最喜欢的学生尼尔·拉坦·达尔（Nil Ratan Dhar（1892-1986） ）成为第二位获得国际声誉的印度化学家，他在伦敦和巴黎工作了几年。即使在达尔只是一个24岁的学生，他与一些领先的英国化学家游说雷选举，并保持雷通报了一系列引人入胜的文字，给我们带来怎样当选为英国皇家学会意味着一个难得的一瞥那个时代的印度科学家。在这段时间里，雷因对化学的贡献而获得了骑士勋章，《自然》杂志刊登了一篇有关雷的“生命工作”的头版文章。许多英国化学家强烈地感觉到，雷应该当选FRS并愿意很公开与年轻达尔洽谈雷人的情况下。但是，相当神秘，雷从来没有得到当选。他与一些领先的英国化学家游说雷选举，并保持雷一系列引人入胜的信件，给我们带来怎样当选为英国皇家学会意味着那个时代的印度科学家罕见的一瞥通知。在这段时间里，雷因对化学的贡献而获得了骑士勋章，《自然》杂志刊登了一篇有关雷的“生命工作”的头版文章。许多英国化学家强烈地感觉到，雷应该当选FRS并愿意很公开与年轻达尔洽谈雷人的情况下。但是，相当神秘，雷从来没有得到当选。他与一些领先的英国化学家游说雷选举，并保持雷一系列引人入胜的信件，给我们带来怎样当选为英国皇家学会意味着那个时代的印度科学家罕见的一瞥通知。在这段时间里，雷因对化学的贡献而获得了骑士勋章，《自然》杂志刊登了一篇有关雷的“生命工作”的头版文章。许多英国化学家强烈地感觉到，雷应该当选FRS并愿意很公开与年轻达尔洽谈雷人的情况下。但是，相当神秘，雷从来没有得到当选。许多英国化学家强烈地感觉到，雷应该当选FRS并愿意很公开与年轻达尔洽谈雷人的情况下。但是，相当神秘，雷从来没有得到当选。许多英国化学家强烈地感觉到，雷应该当选FRS并愿意很公开与年轻达尔洽谈雷人的情况下。但是，相当神秘，雷从来没有得到当选。