Boshi Sen
(1887-1970), ScientistBasiswar ('Boshi') Sen
Sitter in 4 portraits
Indian scientist and agriculturist. Dr Boshi Sen was an eminent plant physiologist credited for his research in practical and applied agriculture. He pioneered the Green Revolution that was concerned with reducing the possibility of any famine in India by growing varied and abundant food grains. He worked at University College London and was married to Gertrude Emerson Sen, an American author and specialist on Asia. Sen was founder of the Vivekanda Laboratory in Calcutta and later in Almora, India. A highly spiritual person, he was closely associated with the Ramkrishna Mission in India. In 1957 The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour.
Gertrude Emerson Sen; Lionel Tilden; Boshi Sen; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1935
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1935
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Samuel Solomonovich ('Kot') Koteliansky; Boshi Sen; James Stephens
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1935
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Boshi Sen; Gertrude Emerson Sen; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1935
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