A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid
{{Short description|Bangladeshi physicist (1933–2021)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid
| image = Professor Harun ar Rashid.jpg
| caption = Rashid in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barisal district, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|9|1933|5|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| fields = Physics
| workplaces = University of Dhaka
University of Texas, Austin
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Islamabad
| alma_mater = University of Dhaka
University of Glasgow
| education =
| thesis_title = Low energy K-meson-nucleon scattering and elastic scattering and the elastic scattering of pions by alpha-particles
| thesis_url = http://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/73479
| thesis_year = 1961
| doctoral_advisor = B.H. Bransden
| influences =
| known_for =
}}
A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid (1 May 1933 – 9 October 2021)[https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/physicist-and-science-writer-harun-ar-rashid-no-more-1633787038?amp=true Physicist and science writer Harun-ar-Rashid no more, The Financial Express, 9 October 2021] was a Bangladeshi physicist and professor of physics at the University of Dhaka. He was the nephew of actor-writer Shamsuddin Abul Kalam.
Early life and education
Rashid was born in a village of Barisal district. His father Moksud Ali was the first person to have received postgraduate education in science. Rashid earned his BSc and MSc in physics from University of Dhaka in 1953 and 1954 respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.bas.org.bd/fellowship/list-of-fellows-/userprofile/hrashid.html |title=Professor A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid |publisher=Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924134304/http://www.bas.org.bd/fellowship/list-of-fellows-/userprofile/hrashid.html |archive-date=24 September 2018 |access-date=17 October 2011}} He then completed his PhD from University of Glasgow in theoretical physics in 1960.
Career
Rashid joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer of the Department of Physics. He became a full professor in 1972. He was the founder and chairman of the Department of Theoretical Physics in the University of Dhaka in 1975. He became chairman of the department in 1979. In 1993, he was named Bose Professor of Physics. He served as a professor of theoretical physics and director of Institute of Physics, University of Islamabad from 1967 to 1971.
He served as the Director of Computer Center (now the Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka) in the University of Dhaka.
He was a visiting professor at the Institute für Theoretische Kernphysik, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London, University of Texas, Austin and University of California, Los Angeles.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-am-harun-ar-rashid-212839|title=Prof. a.m. Harun-ar-Rashid|date=5 February 2016|access-date=16 February 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
He was a senior scientific officer and principal scientific officer, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission from 1962 to 1967. He served as the vice president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh from 1992 to 1993.
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Dr. Rashid was one of the signatories of the 1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity World Scientists' Warning to Humanity. {{cite news|url=https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/1992-world-scientists-warning-humanity|title=World Scientists' Warning to Humanity|date=16 July 1992|access-date=3 February 2025|newspaper=Union of Concerned Scientists}}
Honors and awards
- Ekushey Padak (1991)
- Independence Day Award (1999)
- Raja Kalinarayan Scholarship awarded by the University of Dhaka
- Best Science Writer Award by the Government of Bangladesh (2005)
- Star Lifetime Award on Physics (2016)
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Category:Recipients of the Independence Award
Category:Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences