Ashutosh Mukherjee was an Indian mathematician, educator and judge who served multiple terms as vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta in the early twentieth century. Trained originally in mathematics, he used his position to found numerous new departments, colleges and postgraduate teaching programs across the sciences and humanities, reshaping higher education in colonial India, while also sitting as a judge of the Calcutta High Court.
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Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee; 29 June 1864-25 May 1924) was an Indian mathematician, lawyer, jurist, judge, educator, and institution builder.
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P27 (country of citizenship): British Raj
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P20 (place of death): Patna, India
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P19 (place of birth): Kolkata, India
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