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{{short description|Indian educator and botanist}}
'''Girish Chandra Bose''' (October 29, 1853 – January 1, 1939) was an Indian educator and botanist.

==Early life and education==
Bose was born on October 29, 1853 in the village of Berugram in the [[Burdwan district]] of [[India]]. He attended [[Hooghly Collegiate School|Hooghly College]], and received a BA degree in 1876. After graduation, he was hired as a lecturer of science at [[Ravenshaw College]], where he worked until 1881.<ref name="obit">{{Cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55563/page/n501|journal=The Calcutta Review|volume=72|series=3|title=Girish Chandra Bose (obituary)|last1=Palit|first1=B. K.|publisher=Calcutta University|date=November 1939|location=Calcutta|pages=153–160}}</ref><ref name="centennial">{{cite book|title=Bangabasi College Centenary Commemoration Volume|chapter=Our Founder|url=https://bangabasi-opac.l2c2.co.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=25517|location=Calcutta|publisher=Bangabasi College|year=1987}}</ref>

At the end of 1881, he was offered a state scholarship to study agriculture at the [[Royal Agricultural College]] in [[Cirencester]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DT06AQAAIAAJ|title=Memories of My Life and Times|last=Pal|first=Bipin Chandra|date=1932|publisher=Modern Book Agency|language=en}}</ref> In 1882 he took up life membership of the [[Royal Agricultural Society of England|Royal Agricultural Society]], and in 1883 was elected a Fellow of the [[Chemical Society]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=S. P. |title=Dictionary of National Biography Vol.1 |date=1972 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta |pages=212–213 |url=https://archive.org/stream/dli.bengal.10689.11619/10689.11619_djvu.txt |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref> He completed his degree at the Royal Agricultural College in 1884. After visits to Scotland, France and Italy, he returned to India.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="DNB"/>

==Bangabasi school and college==
While in England, Bose came to believe in the importance of widespread education.<ref name="obit" /> Accordingly, shortly after his return, he turned down offers of employment from various provincial governments, but in 1885 founded Bangabasi School, which was aimed at preparing boys for the university entrance examinations. The institution was expanded in 1887 to add college-level classes (at Bangabasi College). He remained involved in administration of the college until near the end of his life.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="centennial" />

The college that Bose began is still operating in a somewhat different form: it was reorganized in the 1960s into [[Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College]], [[Bangabasi Morning College]], [[Bangabasi Evening College]], and [[Bangabasi College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agcbosecollege.org/|title=Welcome|publisher=Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Botanical work==
Bose wrote a botany book, ''A Manual of Indian Botany''. The book was intended as a textbook containing plants familiar to Indian students, in contrast to the European textbooks commonly used in India at the time.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_Manual_of_Indian_Botany.djvu|title=A Manual of Indian Botany|last=Bose|first=Girish Chandra|year=1920|publisher=Blackie and Son Limited|location=Bombay, London, and Glasgow|lccn=2002564362|chapter=Foreword}}</ref> He is also credited with starting the first agricultural journal in India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o40cAAAAMAAJ|title=A History of Calcutta's Streets|last=Nair|first=P. Thankappan|date=1987|publisher=Firma KLM|isbn=9780836419344|language=en}}</ref> The journal, founded in 1885, was published both in English (as ''Agricultural Gazette'') and in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] (as ''Krishi Gazette'').<ref name="gazette-article">{{cite journal | last=Palit | first=Chittabrata | title=Girish Chandra Bose and Agricultural Journalism | journal=Indian Journal of History of Science | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | volume=51 | issue=2 | date=June 1, 2016 | issn=0019-5235 | doi=10.16943/ijhs/2016/v51i2/48438 | pages=273–279| doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Death==
Bose died January 1, 1939, after a short illness.<ref name="obit" />

==Books==
*{{cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_Manual_of_Indian_Botany.djvu|title=A Manual of Indian Botany|last=Bose|first=Girish Chandra|year=1920|publisher=Blackie and Son Limited|location=Bombay, London, and Glasgow|lccn=2002564362}}
In addition to this English-language book, Bose also published a number of books in Bengali, including:<ref name="Cirencester">{{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=Kajori D |title=Impact of Cirencester Scholars on Bengal Agriculture |journal=The Research Journal of Social Sciences |date=August 2018 |volume=9 |issue=8 |url=http://www.aensi.in/assets/uploads/doc/ad252-359-368.14169.pdf |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref>
*Bhu-tattva (1882)
*Krishi Sopan (1888)
*Krishi Parichay (1890)
*Gacher Katha (1910)
*Udvid Gyan (1923-25)

== References ==
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[[Category:Fellows of the Chemical Society]]

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