Sharat Kumar Roy
Sharat Kumar Roy (27 August 1897 – 17 April 1962) was an American geologist of Indian origin. He took an interest in volcanoes and later was a specialist on meteorites. He worked as a curator of geology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum and took part in several expeditions of the Museum. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey named a peak on Baffin Island as ''Mount Sharat'' after him in 1944. Early life Roy was born in an aristocratic Mahishya family in Shyamnagar, Nadia district, Nadia, Bengal where his father Navin Krishna was an engineer. He moved to Hazaribagh with his family where he went to St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh, St. Columba's College and then joined Bangabasi College, Bangabasi College, Calcutta for his pre-university certificate. Higher studies and work During World War I, he served in the British Indian Army. He then went to the University of London (1919) along with Raja Bose, son of the geologist Pramatha Nath B ...
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