Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Bust of Derozio at the Esplanade
Born	(1809-04-18)18 April 1809 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	26 December 1831(1831-12-26) (aged 22) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Resting place	South Park Street Cemetery, Mother Teresa Sarani
Occupation	Poet and teacher
Language	English and Bengali
Citizenship	India (British subject)
Genre	Academic, Educator
Literary movement	Bengal Renaissance
Notable works	To India - My Native Land

Young Bengal

Founder
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Derozians
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee • Hara Chandra Ghosh • Krishna Mohan Banerjee • Peary Chand Mitra • Radhanath Sikdar • Ramgopal Ghosh • Ramtanu Lahiri • Rasik Krishna Mallick • Sib Chandra Deb
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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.