>AnkurWiki No edit summary |
->Shyamal No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | ||
'''Satya Churn Law''' ( | [[File:Prakriti_1938_ad.jpg|thumb|left|1938 advertisement for ''Prakriti'']] | ||
He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (''Pet Birds of Bengal'' 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded a journal, ''Prakriti'', in Bengali for the popularization of science.<ref>[http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N360412 INSA Deceased Fellow]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Law|first=Satya Churn|date=2008-04-03|title=Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal|journal=Ibis|language=en|volume=87|issue=3|pages=405–408|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x}}</ref> | '''Satya Churn Law''' (also transcribed as '''Satya Charan Law''' or in Bengali '''Satyacharan Laha''') (1888 – 11 December 1984) was a wealthy naturalist, amateur ornithologist, educationist and intellectual in Calcutta.<ref name=shils>Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein (1997) Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. University of Chicago Press, 1997 {{ISBN|0-226-75336-0}}. p.78-79</ref> | ||
Law was born to Ambikacharan Laha and Kiranbala Devi at their home on Kailash Bose Street in Calcutta. He was educated at [[Vidyasagar College|Metropolitan College]], and at Presidency College, obtaining a master's degree in history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vidyasagarcollege.edu.in/illustrious-alumnus|title = Vidyasagar College}}</ref> He then obtained a law degree. He had an interest in bird from an early age and began to keep them and observe them in captivity. He was for a while a treasurer of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. He established an aviary at this home in Agarpada, near Calcutta in 1926. He was elected Fellow of the [[Zoological Society of London]] and Member of the [[British Ornithologists' Union]]. In 1937, [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]] became his literary assistant.<ref name="shils" /> He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (''Pet Birds of Bengal'' 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded, in 1924, a journal, ''Prakriti'', in Bengali for the popularization of natural science.<ref>[http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N360412 INSA Deceased Fellow]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Law|first=Satya Churn|date=2008-04-03|title=Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal|journal=Ibis|language=en|volume=87|issue=3|pages=405–408|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan ]|publisher=Sahitya Academy|year=2000|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6|editor1=Bose, S.C.|volume=1|place=Calcutta|page=752|editor2=Sengupta, Anjali|lang=bn}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| Line 10: | Line 12: | ||
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030321/asp/calcutta/story_1777745.asp Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003] | * [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030321/asp/calcutta/story_1777745.asp Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003] | ||
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36270 Pet Birds of Bengal] | * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36270 Pet Birds of Bengal] | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.477902 Kalidaser Pakhi] (The Birds of Kalidasa) | |||
{{authority control}} | {{authority control}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:50, 4 October 2021
Satya Churn Law (also transcribed as Satya Charan Law or in Bengali Satyacharan Laha) (1888 – 11 December 1984) was a wealthy naturalist, amateur ornithologist, educationist and intellectual in Calcutta.[1]
Law was born to Ambikacharan Laha and Kiranbala Devi at their home on Kailash Bose Street in Calcutta. He was educated at Metropolitan College, and at Presidency College, obtaining a master's degree in history.[2] He then obtained a law degree. He had an interest in bird from an early age and began to keep them and observe them in captivity. He was for a while a treasurer of the Indian Statistical Institute. He established an aviary at this home in Agarpada, near Calcutta in 1926. He was elected Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and Member of the British Ornithologists' Union. In 1937, Nirad C. Chaudhuri became his literary assistant.[1] He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (Pet Birds of Bengal 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded, in 1924, a journal, Prakriti, in Bengali for the popularization of natural science.[3][4][5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein (1997) Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. University of Chicago Press, 1997 ISBN 0-226-75336-0. p.78-79
- ↑ "Vidyasagar College".
- ↑ INSA Deceased Fellow
- ↑ Law, Satya Churn (3 April 2008). "Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal". Ibis. 87 (3): 405–408. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x.
- ↑ Bose, S.C.; Sengupta, Anjali, eds. (2000). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan ] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Calcutta: Sahitya Academy. p. 752. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003
- Pet Birds of Bengal
- Kalidaser Pakhi (The Birds of Kalidasa)
  | This article about an Indian scientist is a stub. You can help Bharatpedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a biologist is a stub. You can help Bharatpedia by expanding it. |