Sahay Ram Bose

Sahay Ram Bose (; 15 February 1888 – 1970) was an Indian botanist. He was known for his pioneering work in the study of bracket fungi and the discovery of antibiotics Polysporin and Campestrin. In a research career spanning more than half a century, Bose published 120 papers on various aspects of fungi in an array of academic journals across Europe, America, and Asia. Bose is credited for pioneering work on mycology and the antibacterial properties of fungi.

Biography

Early years Sahay Ram Bose was born on 15 February 1888; his father Benimadhab was a civil servant and Sahay Ram Bose studied law at the University of Calcutta before moving to science.

Awards Three-time winner of the Griffith Memorial Prize of Calcutta University in 1925, 1927 and 1929 for studies on higher fungi. Winner of Bruhl Memorial Medal & Barclay Memorial Medal of Asiatic Society in 1947 and 1953, respectively. Bose was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1925. Honorary Member of Societa Internationale di Microbiologia of Italy in 1930. Twice President of the Botanical Society of India for 1937 and 1938. Elected Honorary Member and Fellow of the Bengal Botanical Society in 1965 and of the Indian Phytopathological Society in 1964.

Publications Polyporaceae of Bengal (1918) Sexuality of Polyporus Ostreiformis and Polystictus Hirsutus (1934)

Personal life Bose was married to Annapurna Debi and they had eight children.