Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (Bengali: গোপালচন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য) (1 August 1895 – 8 April 1981) was an Indian entomologist and naturalist known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis. He is the author of bAnglAr kITa-patanga (insects of Bengal), which won the Rabindra Puraskar, Bengal's highest literary award, in 1975.
He is also noted for his work on the popularization of science, especially the three-volume text on hands-on science, kare dekha, lit. kare =do, dekha =see). Over his career, he contributed more than 1000 articles on science to most of the popular Bengali periodicals of the time.
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