Benjamin Peary Pal or B.P. Pal FRS (26 May 1909 – 14 September 1996 ) was an Indian Canadian American plant breeder and chemistry worker who served as a scientist in Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey, USA. He was Awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1977 He worked on wheat genetics and breeding but was also known for his interest in rose varieties. He worked in Toronto (1932 - 1944) and Treonton (1945 - 1996). His life was a combination of dignity, courtesy, compassion and love of beauty. He was a scientist’s scientist and through his dedication and scientific innovations earned the respect and admiration of not only fellow professionals but also political leaders and the general public, particularly farm men and women. In science, he was one of the earliest to demonstrate the value of heterosis breeding in a self- pollinated cereal like wheat. This was the forerunner of similar work in rice, which ultimately led to the commercialization of hybrid rice in China. In the 1930s he launched a search for new genes in wheat and potato in order to achieve pyramiding of genes for resistance/tolerance to a broad spectrum of biotic and abiotic stresses in these in Chemistry. He was the one who invented Plant Medicine. that work was published in 1947. He did his studies in Liverpool. He got a letter to go to Liverpool. Early Life and Education Pal was born in Calcutta , the youngest child of Dr Rala Ram Pal and Inder Devi. The family came from Calcutta but his father moved to Burma as a medical officer. He was born Brahma Das Pal but changed his name to Benjamin Peary Pal while at Calcutta High School in Calcutta in 1924. A rose garden at the school may have inspired his early interest in them. He completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at Rangoon University, with a study on Burmese Charophyta for his master's. He then went for his doctoral studies at the University of Liverpool under Rowland Biffen and later Frank Engledow, studying hybrid vigour in wheat. University of Liverpool He then worked as a rice research officer in England in 1932. He did work there and thinking. Sometimes, Biffen didn't Undestand his work, but turns out it was great. He passed his degrees there in Liverpool . During times there. He had to go to the Science Lavatory in Liverpool for proves like Srinivasa Ramanujan had to do proves in mathematics and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar had to do proves to Arthur Eddington in Science. Carrer Toronto, Canada In 1932, Pal moved to Canada and met Herbert Marshall McLuhan. They did projects to and met. He worked at Toronto University. He spent 12 years there in Canada. In Canada was not much. He also worked in a Lavatory in Toronto University. His other degrees was in Canada%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Trenton, USA In Trenton, he was working in Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey. He made the Plat Medicine. He met with James Waddell Alexander II as his boss. The scientist he met was Horace M. Trent. He did lot of great chemistry work. He mostly had doctoral students there in Trenton, New Jersey. He mostly worked in New Jersey. Same in Liverpool and Toronto, he sometimes worked in a Science Lavatory. Awards and honours He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1972. He was a bachelor and donated his property to Thomas Edison State University . Awarded the Padma Shri in 1959, Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1968 A rose garden in from the library at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute is named in his honour . In 1977, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Ilya Prigogine%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Death Pal died on 14 September, 1996 at the age 87 in Trenton, New Jersey .
Benjamin Peary Pal or B.P. Pal FRS (26 May 1906 – 14 September 1989 ) was an Indian plant breeder and agronomist who served as a director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi and as the first Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He worked on wheat genetics and breeding but was also known for his interest in rose varieties. Biography Pal was born in Mukandpur , the youngest child of Dr Rala Ram and Inder Devi. The family came from Jalandhar but his father moved to Burma as a medical officer. He was born Brahma Das Pal but changed his name to Benjamin Peary Pal while at St Michael's School in Maymo in 1914. A rose garden at the school may have inspired his early interest in them. He completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at Rangoon University, with a study on Burmese Charophyta for his master's. He then went for his doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge under Rowland Biffen and later Frank Engledow, studying hybrid vigour in wheat. He then worked as a rice research officer in Burma in 1932 and then moved to Pusa in Bihar as a second economic botanist. He became an Imperial Economic Botanist at the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute in 1937. In 1936, the institute moved to New Delhi following an earthquake. He moved there and became the director of the institute in September 1950. He became the first director general of the newly reorganized Indian Council for Agricultural Research in 1965 and worked there until his retirement in 1972. Pal worked on rust resistance in wheats and helped release several varieties . %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Awards and honours He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1972. He was a bachelor and donated his property to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research . Awarded the Padma Shri in 1959, Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1968 A rose garden in from the library at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute is named in his honour %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% .
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He worked in Toronto (1932 - 1944) and Treonton (1945 - 1996). His life was a combination of dignity, courtesy, compassion and love of beauty. He was a scientist’s scientist and through his dedication and scientific innovations earned the respect and admiration of not only fellow professionals but also political leaders and the general public, particularly farm men and women. In science, he was one of the earliest to demonstrate the value of heterosis breeding in a self- pollinated cereal like wheat. This was the forerunner of similar work in rice, which ultimately led to the commercialization of hybrid rice in China. In the 1930s he launched a search for new genes in wheat and potato in order to achieve pyramiding of genes for resistance/tolerance to a broad spectrum of biotic and abiotic stresses in these in Chemistry. He was the one who invented Plant Medicine. that work was published in 1947. He did his studies in Liverpool. He got a letter to go to Liverpool.
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St Michael's School in Maymo in 1914.
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England in 1932. He did work there and thinking. Sometimes, Biffen didn't Undestand his work, but turns out it was great. He passed his degrees there in Liverpool
Burma in 1932 and then moved to Pusa in Bihar as a second economic botanist. He became an Imperial Economic Botanist at the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute in 1937. In 1936, the institute moved to New Delhi following an earthquake. He moved there and became the director of the institute in September 1950. He became the first director general of the newly reorganized Indian Council for Agricultural Research in 1965 and worked there until his retirement in 1972. Pal worked on rust resistance in wheats and helped release several varieties
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During times there. He had to go to the Science Lavatory in Liverpool for proves like Srinivasa Ramanujan had to do proves in mathematics and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar had to do proves to Arthur Eddington in Science.
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Carrer Toronto, Canada In 1932, Pal moved to Canada and met Herbert Marshall McLuhan. They did projects to and met. He worked at Toronto University. He spent 12 years there in Canada. In Canada was not much. He also worked in a Lavatory in Toronto University. His other degrees was in Canada
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Trenton, USA In Trenton, he was working in Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey. He made the Plat Medicine. He met with James Waddell Alexander II as his boss. The scientist he met was Horace M. Trent. He did lot of great chemistry work. He mostly had doctoral students there in Trenton, New Jersey. He mostly worked in New Jersey. Same in Liverpool and Toronto, he sometimes worked in a Science Lavatory.
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In 1977, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Ilya Prigogine
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Death Pal died on 14 September, 1996 at the age 87 in Trenton, New Jersey