Hossen Sohel of DOT : Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose has been nominated for a face to feature on a new 50-pound note to go live from 2020, reports Daily Sun.
The Bangladeshi-born internationally-acclaimed scientist was nominated along with numerous other renowned scientists at initial stage of the Bank of England’s search for a new face.
The Bank has received a total of 1,74,112 nominations since it affirmed that the new note would comprise the face of a scientist who had made a significant contribution to British science.
This is only the first stage of identifying names that are eligible for consideration, the Bank of England said in a statement.
At this juncture, a nomination has been deemed eligible simply if the character is real, deceased and has led in the United Kingdom in any way to the area of science, the statement said.
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was born in Munsiganj on November 30, 1858. He attended the University of Cambridge, after graduating from Calcutta University with a physics degree, studying natural sciences.
He returned after completing his BSc degree from Cambridge University and was appointed Professor of Physical Science at Presidency College in Kolkata.
In 1917, Sir Jagadish established ‘Bose Institute’ in Kolkata, which was initially devoted to the study of plants.
The names will be considered by the Bank of England’s Banknote Character Advisory Committee.
The Bank had disclosed that a few months ago nominations for the note may include anyone who functioned in any area of science such as astronomy, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering, math, medical zoology, physics, technology or research.
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