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1. Mathematics in India - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Mathematics_in_India/

   22 Jun 2026: Sir) C V Raman (1888-1970) spent some years (1933-1947) at this Institute before moving to an institute named after himself. ... In acting to help good scientists who were in some difficulty, they followed the advice of C V Raman.

2. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 - 1995) - Biography - MacTutor…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chandrasekhar/

   5 Mar 2026: the Raman effect, which is a change in the wavelength of light occurring when a beam of light is deflected by molecules. ... S Ramaseshan, S Chandrasekhar and C V Raman - some letters, Current Sci.

3. Edinburgh: 1936-8 and thereafter - Walter Ledermann - Encounters of a …

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Ledermann/chapter-6/

   7 Mar 2023: V. Raman, the Indian Nobel Laureate. Raman asserted that Born's theory of crystals was unsound, and an acrimonious correspondence ensued which was published in the journal Nature. ... I was able to translate them into rigorous mathematical language and

4. Walter Ledermann - Times obituary - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obituaries/Ledermann_Times/

   7 Mar 2023: T. Whittaker and A. C. Aitken, and got his first teaching experience in a temporary post at Dundee. ... V. Raman on the structure of crystals in Born's favour. In 1938 Ledermann returned to St Andrews as a lecturer, where he stayed untill 1946; he

5. sci_hi PDF (182k)

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/SH/chandrasekhar_sh.pdf

   11 Dec 2025: Actually his uncle Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was some kind of a role model for him and Chandra studied at Presidency College, University of Madras. ... V. Raman and the Raman Effect, SciHi Blog • [5] Reshaping India’s Literature –

6. Raghunathan honours - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Raghunathan_honours/

   25 Jun 2026: The Academy was founded in 1934 by Professor C V Raman (Nobel Laureate) and was registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, on 27 April 1934. ... On the same day, the first general meeting of Fellows was held at which C V Raman

7. Charles Whish (1795 - 1833) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whish/

   1 Sep 2026: G G Joseph, The crest of the peacock (London, 1991). V V Raman, Indic Visions: In an Age of Science (Xlibris Corporation, 2011). ... K Mukunda Marar and C T Rajagopal, On the Hindu quadrature of the circle, J.

8. World of mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/World_of_mathematics/

   25 Jun 2026: In the beginning of the reawakening it was the pursuit of humanities that dominated the scene, but in the early 20th century the twin figures of C V Raman and Ramanujan ... Raman was an outstanding communicator and his leadership provided immense impetus

9. S S Pillai (1901 - 1950) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pillai_S_S/

   22 Jul 2026: c. c. c is sufficiently large and gcd. (. a. ,. b. ). =. 1. (a, b) = 1. (a,b)=1, the equation. ... He had never been elected to any academy although a letter has been found written by Sir C V Raman indicating that he would like to propose Pillai's name

10. D D Kosambi (1907 - 1966) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kosambi/

    2 Jan 2026: V Raman in 1935 who also probably nominated him for the Ramanujan Medal of the Madras University in 1934. ... V V Gokhale and D D Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi (31-7-1907 - 29-6-1966), Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 47 (1/4)