1860-1900

Boon Keng earned a reputation as a skilful and attentive physician and opened a practice called ‘The Dispensary” in Singapore.

Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis is widely recognised as a pioneer of physiology and was the first professor of physiology in India.

Kadambini Ganguly was one of the earliest women physicians from South Asia. Ganguly combined her work as a doctor with social philanthropy and political activities

Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. was an exceptional intellectual who attended the University of Edinburgh 1858-60. Glasgow was also a member of the Banneker Institute.

Prafulla Chandra Ray was a chemist, an industrialist who established the first Indian research school in chemistry.