Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

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Teacher, poet, and early Bengal Renaissance intellectual

A central name behind the Derozian current of Young Bengal.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Biography

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Context

In the context of Early nineteenth-century Calcutta education and reform debates., Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is recognized as Teacher, poet, and early Bengal Renaissance intellectual. A central name behind the Derozian current of Young Bengal.

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At Hindu College he encouraged critical inquiry among students later associated with the Young Bengal circle.

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His short teaching career became a marker of new secular, rationalist, and reformist currents in colonial Bengal.

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His short teaching career became a marker of new secular, rationalist, and reformist currents in colonial Bengal.

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