Brajendra Nath Seal

Sir Brajendra Nath Seal (Bengali: ব্রজেন্দ্রনাথ শীল) (1864–1938) was a renowned Bengali Indian humanist philosopher. He was one of the greatest original thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj and did work in comparative religion and on the philosophy of science. He systematised the humanism of the Brahmo philosophical thought. In his work, he underscored the tectonic shift in Brahmo theology in the late eighteenth century from liberal theism to secular humanism. Like his better known ideological precursor Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Seal was an educator, a firm believer in the cause of rationalism and scientific enquiry, a polymath in his own right and yet at the same time a preacher of humanism as a religious doctrine (as opposed to organised religion).

Personal facts

Brajendra Nath Seal
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1864
Birth place
Kolkata , Presidencies and provinces of British India , Bengal Presidency
Nationality
Presidencies and provinces of British India
Ethnicity
Bengali Hindus
Religion
Hinduism
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1938

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  1. http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0169.htm
  2. http://people.stfx.ca/wsweet/seal.html