Brajendranath Seal, a renowned scholar of philosophy and many other branches of learning, both of science and humanities, was born on this day.
His best-known work, The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus, is a work on the history of science and looks at ancient Indian philosophical ideas.
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After obtaining his degrees from Calcutta University, he taught at several colleges and then at Calcutta University. He held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta.
A Memoir on the Co-efficient of Numbers and Comparative Studies in Vaishnavism and Christianity are among the other books written by him.
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