Zone d'identification
Type d'entité
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Chakravarty, Amiya
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions
- Chakravarty, Amiya, 1901-1986
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Amiya Chakravarty
Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités
Zone de description
Dates d’existence
1901-1986
Historique
Born in India, Dr. Amiya Chakravarty was a well-traveled scholar and professor of philosophy and religion who had the opportunity to meet many great people of his time, including Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian poet Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, Albert Schweitzer, Boris Pasternak, Albert Einstein, and met Merton during his Asian journey. While in correspondence with Merton, he held professorships at Boston University, Smith College and later the State University of New York at New Paltz. In addition, he served as a delegate to the United Nations for India (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», pp. 112).