Saratchandra Mitra, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Saratchandra Mitra

Indian folkorist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1863

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1938

Profession: folklorist, anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Saratchandra Mitra (Sarat Chandra Mitra in his English writings) (15 November 1863 - 15 December 1938) was a Bengali folklorist and scholar who studied and wrote extensively on plants and animals in Indian lore.
Although trained in legal practice, he was appointed in later life as the founding head of the department of anthropology at the University of Calcutta.