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Authorised form of name	Raman; Sir; Chandrasekhara Venkata (1888 - 1970)
Dates	1888 - 1970
Nationality	Indian
Place of birth	Tiruchirapalli, Madras, India
Date of birth	07 November 1888
Place of death	Bangalore, India
Date of death	21/11/1970
Research field	Physics
	Physical theory
	Physiology of vision
Activity	Education: Presidency College, Madras graduating with English and Physics as his subjects; attended Chennai University for BA first class (1904); MA with physics as main subject passed first class (1907); carried out research in college laboratory on the diffraction of light. Career: Deputy Accountant General in Calcutta; first research paper published in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society', and received his first international award, The Woodburn research Medal. Invited to teach at Calcutta University by the Chancellor, Justice Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee. Awarded Doctorate (1921) Same year made first trip abroad. On his return sea voyage, he became interested in the blue waters of the ocean. His research on the scattering oflight led to the discovery of the effect known as the 'Raman Effect'. Director of Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore (1932-1970) Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1930 Honours: Kt 1929
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	15/05/1924
Date of ejection or withdrawal	Resigned as Fellow, resignation accepted 6 April 1968
RSActivity	Medals and prizes: Hughes Medal 1930
Relationships	Uncle of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (FRS 1944)
PublishedWorks	'Molecular Refraction of Light' 1922;
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1971 vol 17 pp 565-592, plate, by S Bhagavantam References: J C D Brand, 'The Discovery of the Raman Effect' in NR 1989 vol 43 pp 1-23, plate Gerhard Herzberg, 'A Leader of Indian Science', review of G Venkataraman, Journey Into Light: Life and Science of C V Raman in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 109-113 S Ramaseshan, 'Dorothy Hodgkin and the Indian Connection' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 115-127 D C V Mallik, 'The Raman effect and Krishnan's diary' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 67-83 Rajinder Singh and Falk Riess, 'The 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics: a close decision?' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 267-283 S Ramaseshan and C Ramachandra, 'C V Raman; A Pictorial Biography' 1988, Indian Academy of Sciences R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 R Singh and F Riess, 'The nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British Scientific community in a social and political context' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 47-64 R Singh 'India's Physics and Chemistry Nobel Prize nominators and nominees in colonial and international context' NR 2007 Vol 61 pp 333-346 Notes: Resigned April 1968. See Kameshwar C. Wali, Chandra: a Biography of S. Chandrasekhar, p. 253. See also Council Minutes, 4 April 1968, item 20
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/14901832
Code	NA8006

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1924/11	Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/003724	Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata	nd
NLB/66/636	Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Chandrasekhara Venkata] Raman, FRS	11 June 1924
IM/003725	Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata	after 1930
RR/26/120	Referee's report by William Henry Bragg, on a paper 'On the Whispering-Gallery phenomenon' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and G A Sutherland	[October 1921]
RR/38/115	Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'A critical-absorption photometer for the study of the Compton effect' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and C. M. Sogani	1928
RR/26/121	Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'A new optical property of biaxial crystals' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and V S Tamma	[1921]
RR/38/116	Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh on a paper 'The production of new radiations by light scattering. Part I' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan	August 1928
RR/66/329	Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on a paper 'Determination of the adiabatic piezo-optic coefficient of liquids' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and K S Venkataraman	[February 1939]
NLB/65/201	Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Alfred] Fowler, FRS	19 September 1923
RR/35/132	Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The magnetic anisotropy of crystalline nitrates and carbonates' by Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	April 1927
NLB/67/511	Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Chandrasekhara Venkata] Raman, FRS	12 January 1925
M/020	Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata	20th century
RR/26/122	Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'A new optical property of biaxial crystals' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and V S Tamma	[September 1921]
RR/26/123	Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'Conical refraction in biaxial crystals I' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and V S Tamma	nd [1921]
RR/32/107	Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The scattering of light by liquid boundaries and its relation to surface tension. Part I' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and L A Ramdas	May 1925
RR/32/106	Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The scattering of light by liquid boundaries and its relation to surface tension. Part II' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and L A Ramdas	May 1925
RR/36/45	Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'A theory of electric and magnetic birefringence in liquids' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan	[August 1927]
RR/68/121	Second letter from William Henry Bragg, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding three papers, 'Extra reflexions from the two types of diamond' by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency, I. Theoretical' and 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency - II. Experimental' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	17 October 1941
RR/26/119	Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, on a paper 'On the molecular scattering of light in water and the colour of the sea' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	[November 1921]
RR/29/42	Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'The molecular scattering of light in carbon dioxide at high pressures' by Chandrasekhama Venkata Raman and K R Ramanthan	June 1923
RR/34/84	Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Magnetic double-refraction in liquids. part I.—benzene and its derivatives' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan	18 September 1926
RR/36/44	Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'A theory of the optical and electrical properties of liquids' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan	[October 1927]
RR/68/120	Letter from William Henry Bragg, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding two papers 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency, I. Theoretical' and 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency - II. Experimental' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	24 September 1941
RR/68/122	Letter from Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, to William Henry Bragg, regarding three papers, 'Extra reflexions from the two types of diamond' by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency, I. Theoretical' and 'Reflexion and scattering of X-rays with change of frequency - II. Experimental' by Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	18 September 1941

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