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{{Short description|Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jamal Nazrul Islam
| native_name = জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Jamal Nazrul Islam addressing in inaugural ceremony of bookstall Baatighar cropped.jpg
| caption = Islam in 2012 in [[Chittagong]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|02|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jhenaidah]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|03|16|1939|02|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| resting_place = Garibullah Shah Mazar Graveyard
| fields = [[Theoretical physics]] [[Applied mathematics]] [[Mathematical physics]] [[Cosmology]] [[General relativity]] [[Quantum field theory]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] [[University of Calcutta]]
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]
| education = DSc (1982) PhD (1964) MSc (1960) BSc (1959)
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| known_for = The Ultimate Fate of the Universe Classical General Relativity Proceedings of the Conference on Classical
(Non-Quantum) General Relativity Rotating Fields in General Relativity Black hole theory Cosmology equation An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology
| children = 2
}}

'''Jamal Nazrul Islam''' (24 February 1939 – 16 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi [[mathematical physicist]] and [[cosmologist]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Mamunur Rashid |url=http://www.shaptahik.com/v2/?DetailsId=12089 |script-title=bn:বাঙালির রত্ন বিজ্ঞানী জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম |website=shaptahik.com |language=bn |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref> He was a professor at [[University of Chittagong]], served as a member of the advisory board at [[Shahjalal University of Science and Technology]] and member of the syndicate at [[Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology]] until his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cuet.ac.bd/syndicate.php |title=Syndicate of CUET |publisher=Chittagong University of Science and Technology |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> He also served as the director of the Research Center for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS) at the [[University of Chittagong]]. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2000 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |access-date=4 September 2017 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Jamal Nazrul Islam was born on 24 February 1939 in [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah]]. His ancestral home is at Jujkhola Narayanhat of [[Fatikchhari Upazila]] of [[Chittagong District]], [[East Bengal]]. His father, Khan Bahadur Sirajul Islam, was a sub-judge in [[British India]]. Because of his father's job, Islam spent his early school years in [[Calcutta]]. He studied at [[Chittagong Collegiate School and College]] until ninth grade and then he went to [[Lawrence College, Murree]] in [[West Pakistan]] to pass the [[Senior Cambridge]] and [[Senior Cambridge|Higher Senior Cambridge]] exams. He received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc degree]] from [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta|St. Xavier's College]] at the [[University of Calcutta]]. In 1959, he got his Honors in Functional Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from [[Cambridge University]]. He completed his master's degree in 1960. As a student of the [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]], he finished the [[Cambridge Mathematical Tripos|Mathematical Tripos]]. Islam obtained his [[PhD]] in [[applied mathematics]] and [[theoretical physics]] from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1968, followed by a [[DSc]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof48.htm |title=Prof. Jamal Nazrul-Islam |website=Islamic World Academy of Sciences |date=24 February 1939 |access-date=21 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430175321/http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof48.htm |archivedate=30 April 2022}}</ref>

==Academic career==
Islam worked in the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (later amalgamated to [[Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge]]) from 1967 until 1971. Later he worked as a researcher in [[California Institute of Technology]] and [[University of Washington]]. During 1973–1974, he served as the faculty of Applied Mathematics of [[King's College London]]. In 1978, he then joined the faculty of [[City University London]] until he returned to [[Chittagong]] in 1984. In 2006, he was made [[Professor Emeritus]] at the University of Chittagong.<ref name=unique>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-59427 |title=A unique achievement |first=K. |last=Islam |date=20 October 2008 |access-date=4 September 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

His research areas included [[applied mathematics]], [[theoretical physics]], [[mathematical physics]], the theories of [[Gravity|gravitation]], [[general relativity]], [[Cosmology|mathematical cosmology]], and [[quantum field theory]]. Islam authored, coauthored or edited more than 50 scientific articles, books and some popular articles published in various scientific journals. Besides this he has also written books in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. Particularly noteworthy are ''Black Hole'', published by the [[Bangla Academy]], "The Mother Tongue, Scientific Research and other Articles" and "Art, Literature and Society". The latter two are compilations.

In 1997, Islam was invited to the International Symposium on Mathematical Physics in memory of [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]] with a special session on Abdus Salam arranged by Calcutta Mathematical Society in Kolkata-India. Professor Narayan Chandra Ghosh, a mathematician of India, was director of the noted symposium.

==Fellowships==
* [[Third World Academy of Science]] (1985)
* [[Cambridge Philosophical Society]]
* [[Royal Astronomical Society]]
* [[Bangladesh Academy of Sciences]] (1983)
* [[Islamic World Academy of Sciences|Islamic Academy of Sciences]]

==Death==
Islam died on 16 March 2013 in [[Chittagong]].<ref name=Death>{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/16/jamal-nazrul-islam-passes-away |title=Jamal Nazrul Islam dies at 74 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=a63d7b428cb5ff3fb13a9f7bfdf385e0&nttl=1603201365977 |title=Prof Jamal Nazrul Islam passes away |work=Banglanews24.com |date=24 February 1939 |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410163931/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=a63d7b428cb5ff3fb13a9f7bfdf385e0&nttl=1603201365977 |archive-date=10 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/eminent-scientist-prof-jamal-nazrul-islam-passes-away/ |title=Prof Jamal Nazrul Islam passes away |work=The Daily Star |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article602613.bdnews |script-title=bn:অধ্যাপক জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম আর নেই |work=bdnews24.com |language=bn |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Gold award from [[Bangladesh Academy of Sciences]] (Senior group; 1985)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bas.org.bd/awards/gold-medal-award.html |title=Academy Gold Medal Award |website=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
* Medal Lecture award from [[Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze]] (1998)
* Bangladesh National Award for Science and Technology (1998)<ref name=unique/>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2001)
* Razzak-Shamsun Lifetime Achievement Award in Physics from the [[University of Dhaka]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~nahar/RazzaqShamsunPhysicsResearch.html |title=786 |publisher=Astronomy.ohio-state.edu |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~nahar/rsphys/rsphyslife-jnislam.pdf |title=Razzak-Shamsun Lifetime Achieveent Award in Physics 2011 |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>

==Books authored/coauthored/edited==
* Islam, J.N. (1983): ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=uJj2M46T5r8C&source=gbs_similarbooks The Ultimate Fate of the Universe]''. [[Cambridge University Press]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. {{ISBN|978-0-521-11312-0}}. (Digital print version published in 2009).
* Bonnor, W.B., Islam, J.N., MacCallum, M.A.H. (eds.)(1983): ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Classical_General_Relativity.html?id=wAA9AAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Classical General Relativity: Proceedings of the Conference on Classical (Non-Quantum) General Relativity]'', [[Cambridge University Press]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. {{ISBN|0-521-26747-1}}.
* Islam, J.N. (1985): ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Imgt65L6LYAC&source=gbs_similarbooks Rotating Fields in General Relativity]'', [[Cambridge University Press]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. {{ISBN|978-0-521-11311-3}}. (Digital print version published in 2009).
* Islam, J.N. (1992, 2nd edition 2002): ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/An_Introduction_to_Mathematical_Cosmolog.html?id=IHuev7p7omUC&redir_esc=y An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology]'', [[Cambridge University Press]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. {{ISBN|0-521-49973-9}}.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Jamal Nazrul Islam}}
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?return_req=no_params&author=Islam,%20J.%20N.&db_key=AST SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330113632/http://twas.ictp.it/mbrs/mbrs/mbrs-list TWAS membership]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111012123908/http://www.iasworld.org/html/profiles/71.html Islamic World Academy of Sciences]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605103802/http://www.bangladeshchronicle.net/index.php/2013/03/jamal-nazrul-islam-1939-2013/ Jamal Nazrul Islam (1939–2013)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140117023844/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-03-23&nid=43804#.UVGmwTcVi-Y My memories of Jamal Nazrul Islam]
* [https://archive.today/20130410171335/http://avatar.cnn.com/docs/DOC-944146 Famous South Asian physicist, cosmologist J N Islam died]
* [https://archive.today/20130411115450/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-03-25&nid=44024%23.UWakd33LfK5 Professor Jamal Nazrul Islam — as I saw him]
* [http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2013/03/17/jamal-nazrul-islam-the-passionate-learner/ Jamal Nazrul Islam: The passionate learner]
* [https://archive.today/20130413174339/http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=319507&date=2013-03-16 Life sketch of Prof Jamal Nazrul Islam ]

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