CleanupBot II: Removed empty portal template using script

2023-08-13T20:29:13Z

Removed empty portal template using script

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:59, 14 August 2023
Line 38:		Line 38:
	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]]		* [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]]
	~~{{Portal\|India\|Medicine}}~~

	== References ==		== References ==

>Monkbot: Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 5 templates: hyphenate params (4×);

2021-01-26T05:11:10Z

Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 5 templates: hyphenate params (4×);

New page

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1901
| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1981|08|06}}
| death_place = India
| restingplace =
| restingplacecoordinates =
| othername =
| occupation = Physician<br>Medical Academic
| yearsactive = 1934–1981
| known for = Tropical Medicine
| spouse =
| domesticpartner =
| children =
| parents =
| website =
| signature =
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|RCPE]] ANB Prize<br>[[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Kamala Menon Medical Research Award
}}
'''Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri''' (1901–1981) was an Indian physician, medical academic and the director of the [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Tropical Health: A Report on a Study of Needs and Resources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA455|year=1962|publisher=National Academies|pages=455–|id=NAP:14018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in [[West Bengal]] in 1901, he graduated in medicine from the [[University of Calcutta]] before securing his MRCP degree from the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] and the degree of TDD from Wales.<ref name="Deceased Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N500158 | title=Deceased Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=6 July 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Career==
He started his career as an assistant professor at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine in 1934 where he became a professor in 1945 and the director of the institution in 1950 before superannuating in 1966. He also served at Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases as a Superintendent and Senior Physician.<ref name="Chaudhuri,R.N. ">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/obit.pdf | title=Chaudhuri,R.N. | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>

Chaudhuri is known to have done extensive research on diseases such as [[Cholera]], [[Malaria]], [[Amoebiasis]] and [[Hypoproteinemia]] and was credited with contributions to [[chemotherapy]] and [[chemoprophylaxis]] of malaria.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> He sat in the [[Asiatic Society]] as a member, edited the Indian Medical Gazette and was a member of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] during 1968–70. He was also associated with Indian Medical Association, Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists, International Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria and Indian Association for the Advancement of Medical Education as a member, presided over the Medical and Veterinary Section of the [[Indian Science Congress]] and served the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]] as its vice president during 1973–74. He was a founder fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]]<ref name="Founder Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/knowledgehub.php?n=obituary | title=Founder Fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> and an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]], London.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

The Government of India awarded Chaudhuri the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1960, for his contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> He also received the ANB Prize of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] in 1968 and the Kamala Menon Medical Research Award of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 1977.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> He died on 6 August 1981, at the age of 80.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

== See also ==
* [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]]
{{Portal|India|Medicine}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1960–69}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhuri, Rabindra Nath}}
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine]]
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Indian medical academics]]
[[Category:Indian medical administrators]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Indian medical researchers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy]]
[[Category:Scientists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta faculty]]

{{India-med-bio-stub}}

Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri - Revision history

CleanupBot II: Removed empty portal template using script

>Monkbot: Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 5 templates: hyphenate params (4×);