Haridas Bhattacharya (1891–1956) was a Bengali Indian philosopher and educationist.[1]
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He was born on November 7, 1891 at Bhatpara in West Bengal.
After school, he joined Calcutta's renowned Scottish Church College from where he graduated in 1912. He obtained a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Calcutta in 1914, and a law degree in 1917. He had also won the Roychand-Premchand scholarship and the Mowat gold medal from the University of Calcutta.[1]
He joined the Scottish Church College as lecturer of philosophy and logic in 1915. In 1917 he joined Calcutta University as lecturer of philosophy and experimental psychology. When the University of Dhaka was founded in 1921, he joined its philosophy department as a reader. He also served in various other capacities at the university. He edited the journal Dhaka University Studies and served as a member of the editorial board of the Philosophical Quarterly Journal.[1]
He also gave several prestigious lectures such as the Stephonus Nirmalendu Ghosh lectures on Foundations of Living Faiths at Calcutta University in 1933-34 and the Madanmohan Malavya Commemoration lecture.
He voraciously published essays in many prestigious journals.
He was known essentially as an idealistic philosopher. He retired in 1947 after 26 years of service, and later joined the Indology department of Benares Hindu University.
He died in Calcutta on January 20, 1956.[1]
Banglapedia article on Haridas Bhattacharya