Kanny Lall Dey

In 1862 he became Professor of chemistry in the Presidency College, Calcutta and served as Chemical Examiner to Government in 1877 when Dr F. N. Macnamara was on furlough.

At the International Exhibition of 1862 at London, Kanny Lall contributed a collection of medicinal oils and drugs and received two medals.

Wishing that Indian medical officers would gain a knowledge of India's Materia Medica, he set about preparing a text on the topic in 1877.

[2][3] Dey was titled Rai Bahadur in 1872 and recognized in 1863 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and made an Honorary Member, a "distinction which is reserved ... for the world's fifty most eminent men of science related to pharmacy."

In 1881 he was invited to attend the International Pharmaceutical and Medical Congress at London but religious beliefs prevented him from boarding a ship.