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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Indian educator and poet (1809–1831)
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata.
He was a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.
Long after his early death, his legacy lived on among his former students, who came to be known as Young Bengals and many of whom became prominent in social reform, law, and journalism.
Biography
Early life
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was born on 18 April 1809 at Entally-Padmapukur in Kolkata. His parents were Francis Derozio, a Christian Indo-Portuguese office worker, and Sophia Johnson Derozio, an Anglo-Indian woman.[1][2] His original family name was "do Rozário".[3]
Derozio attended David Drummond Dharmatala Academy school from age 6 to 14.[1][3][4] He later prais
