Jagadish Chandra Bose
E116976
Jagadish Chandra Bose was an Indian polymath, physicist, biologist, and pioneer of radio and microwave optics whose work laid foundational contributions to both modern physics and plant physiology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jagadish Chandra Bose canonical | 10 |
| Jagadish Chandra Bose – scientist | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jagadish Chandra Bose Context triple: [Presidency College, Kolkata, notableAlumnus, Jagadish Chandra Bose]
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A.
Ananda Mohan Bose
Ananda Mohan Bose was a prominent Indian educator, nationalist leader, and social reformer who played a key role in the early Indian National Congress and the Bengal Renaissance.
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B.
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Prafulla Chandra Ray was a pioneering Indian chemist, educator, and entrepreneur, often regarded as the father of modern chemistry in India and founder of the pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
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C.
C. V. Raman
C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the Raman effect, which describes the inelastic scattering of light.
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D.
Satyendra Nath Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian theoretical physicist whose work on quantum mechanics led to the development of Bose–Einstein statistics and the concept of bosons.
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E.
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Sachindra Nath Sanyal was an Indian revolutionary leader and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association who played a key role in the early armed struggle against British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jagadish Chandra Bose Target entity description: Jagadish Chandra Bose was an Indian polymath, physicist, biologist, and pioneer of radio and microwave optics whose work laid foundational contributions to both modern physics and plant physiology.
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A.
Ananda Mohan Bose
Ananda Mohan Bose was a prominent Indian educator, nationalist leader, and social reformer who played a key role in the early Indian National Congress and the Bengal Renaissance.
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B.
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Prafulla Chandra Ray was a pioneering Indian chemist, educator, and entrepreneur, often regarded as the father of modern chemistry in India and founder of the pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
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C.
C. V. Raman
C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the Raman effect, which describes the inelastic scattering of light.
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D.
Satyendra Nath Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian theoretical physicist whose work on quantum mechanics led to the development of Bose–Einstein statistics and the concept of bosons.
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E.
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Sachindra Nath Sanyal was an Indian revolutionary leader and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Association who played a key role in the early armed struggle against British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biologist
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ physicist ⓘ polymath ⓘ professor ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
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linked to:
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1858-11-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bengal Presidency
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British India ⓘ Mymensingh ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1937-11-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ's College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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University College London ⓘ University of Calcutta ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
Presidency College, Calcutta
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linked to:
Presidency College, Kolkata
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| familyName | Bose ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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botany ⓘ microwave optics ⓘ physics ⓘ plant physiology ⓘ radio science ⓘ |
| founded | Bose Institute ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Jagadish ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| inceptionOfFoundedEntity |
Bose Institute, 1917
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linked to:
Bose Institute
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| influenced |
development of modern wireless communication
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later research in solid-state physics ⓘ subsequent studies in plant neurobiology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early demonstration of wireless communication using radio waves
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experiments on the quasi-metallic behavior of plant tissues ⓘ foundational contributions to plant electrophysiology ⓘ foundational contributions to radio science ⓘ work on millimetre-wave radiation ⓘ |
| movement |
Bengal Renaissance
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linked to:
Bengali Renaissance
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| name | Jagadish Chandra Bose ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
built one of the earliest devices to generate and detect microwaves
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demonstrated wireless signaling over distances in the 1890s ⓘ showed that plants respond to external stimuli electrically ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Niruddesher Kahini
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development of the crescograph ⓘ pioneering work in microwave optics ⓘ pioneering work in radio waves ⓘ research on plant response to stimuli ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bihar
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British India ⓘ Giridih ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Physics at Presidency College, Calcutta ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse | Abala Bose ⓘ |
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Subject: Jagadish Chandra Bose Description of subject: Jagadish Chandra Bose was an Indian polymath, physicist, biologist, and pioneer of radio and microwave optics whose work laid foundational contributions to both modern physics and plant physiology.
Referenced by (11)
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linked to: Jagadish Chandra Bose