Brajendra Nath Seal
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Sir Dr. Brajendra Nath Seal (Bengali: ব্রজেন্দ্র নাথ শীল) was born in Calcutta in 1864. He studied philosophy at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta , the University of Calcutta. He was one of the greatest original thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj and did work in comparative religion and the philosophy of science. He was the first Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University when it opened on December 22, 1921 and the second Vice Chancellor of University of Mysore. He received an honorary D.Sc from the University of Calcutta.