Suresh Chandra Guha (b. 1899) grew up in Bengal and Assam and studied at Cotton College, Gauhati, and Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed a master’s degree in organic chemistry. He taught at Judson College, Rangoon (1923–41), and Gordon College, Rawalpindi (1942–47), before joining St Edmund’s College, Shillong, where he remained until his retirement in 1964. He later settled in Krishnanagar, West Bengal.