Ananda Chandra Dutta | |
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| Born | 8 February 1923[1] Chekonidhara, Jorhat, Assam |
| Died | 16 January 2016 (aged 92) Jorhat, Assam, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupation | Botanist |
Ananda Chandra Dutta (8 February 1923 – 16 January 2016) was an Indian botanist[2] of Assam. He was born at Chekonidhara village of Jorhat. He started his career as a teacher in Mariani Middle English High School in 1944–45 and then joined the Tocklai Tea Research Institute in 1947. Dutta played a major role in the establishment of a tea museum at Jorhat in 1977.[1] He has also prepared a list of 10,000 trees for the Tocklai herbarium.[1] He was awarded Degree of Doctor of Science by Dibrugarh University.[2] He died on 16 January 2016 at his own residence in Jorhat.[3]
- ^ a b c "Assam Jatiya Bidyalaya fellowship to AC Dutta" Archived 28 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Assam Tribune, 11 February 2010; Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ a b Ananda Chandra Dutta felicitated at Jorhat Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Sentinel, 15 March 2012; Retrieved 18 March 2012
- ^ "Demise of acclaimed botanist Ananda Chandra Dutta mourned". The Sentinel. 17 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.