| Authorised form of name | Mahalanobis; Prasanta Chandra (1893 - 1972) |
| Dates | 1893 - 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Date of birth | 29 June 1893 |
| Date of death | 28/06/1972 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/03/1945 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 455-492, plate, by C R Rao
References:
Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part One' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 253-273 |
| Code | NA7760 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/7/1/2/10 | Correspondence with Prasanta Mahalanobis, on village economy in India. | 1950-1973 |
| PB/8/28/3/2 | Correspondence with colleagues and friends after delivery and publication of Blackett's Presidential Address to the British Academy. | c.1957 |
| RR/68/391 | Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'On large-scale sample surveys' by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | [1943] |
| EC/1945/14 | Mahalanobis, Prasanta Chandra: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/9/1/101/3 | Royal Society correspondence | 1960-1961 |
| PB/7/1/3/1 | Correspondence with Atma Ram | 1971-1972 |
| RR/68/392 | Referee's report by George Udny Yule, on a paper 'On large-scale sample surveys' by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | 14 June 1943 |
| RR/W/5/11 | Copy of Referee's comments [by Alexander Craig Aitken], on a paper 'A contribution to our knowledge of the wood-anatomy of a few plants occurring in Bengal belonging to Meliaceae and Rutaceae' by S [Syed] Hedayetullah and A K Chakravorty | [February 1937] |