S N Dasgupta

Surendranath Dasgupta, a distinguished scholar and philosopher, was born on October 18, 1885, in Kushtia, Bengal (now in Bangladesh) into a Vaidya family. He passed away on December 18, 1952, in Lucknow, India. Dasgupta completed his postgraduate studies in Sanskrit and philosophy at Sanskrit College in Calcutta. In the early 1920s, he ventured to England, where he pursued advanced studies and earned a PhD in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. 

Renowned for his seminal work, A History of Indian Philosophy (5 volumes, 1922–55), Dasgupta's contributions to Indian philosophical thought remain highly regarded. His other significant works include Yoga as Philosophy and Religion (1924) and Indian Idealism (1933). His philosophy creatively integrated insights from Vedic texts, Jain mysticism, Western new realism, and the concept of emergent evolution, marking a unique blend of Eastern and Western traditions.