Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1 May 1921 – 24 June 1981) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He served as the 14th

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of the

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Education

Chowdhury passed entrance examination from Arunchandra High School in

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in 1937 and intermediate from Dhaka Intermediate College in 1939. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the

. He obtained Ph.D. in atmospheric physics from

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in 1949. He completed Ph.D. for the second time in 1961.

Career

Chowdhury started his career as a meteorologist in the Pakistan Meteorology Department. He then joined as a

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in the Physics Department in University of Dhaka in 1950. He went on to become a professor in 1962 and the head of the Department during 1962–1967. He served as a member of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission during 1967–1970, Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Defence and the President's Scientific Advisor during 1970–1971. Chowdhury was a member of the selection committee for the Nobel Prize in Physics for Asian Region. In 1973, Chowdhury was appointed vice-chancellor of Dhaka University where he served until 1975.

Personal life

Chowdhury was married to

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(1925–2012).

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References

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