Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose,
CSI,
CIE,
FRS (; ; 30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a
polymath,
physicist,
biologist,
biophysicist,
botanist,
archaeologist, as well as an early
writer of science fiction. Living in
British controlled India, he pioneered the investigation of radio and
microwave optics, made very significant contributions to
plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science in the
Indian subcontinent.
IEEE named him one of the
fathers of radio science. He is considered the father of
Bengali science fiction. He also invented the
crescograph.
A crater on the moon has been named in his honour.