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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

1809–1831

Also known as: Derozio, H. L. V. Derozio

How Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 2 other works — including Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj , and B.R. Ambedkar on Justice Ranade, Social Reform and Failure of Indian Liberalism .

In Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj : Derozio is the second great reformist current in Sastri's chapter — his three-year tenure at Hindu College (1828–1831), the Academic Association, the 'Young Bengal' radicalism he inspired, and his sacking and early death from cholera frame Ramtanu Lahiri's intellectual formation.

In B.R. Ambedkar on Justice Ranade, Social Reform and Failure of Indian Liberalism : Henry Derozio is listed as one of the Bengal liberal reformers who faced conservative opposition, situating him in the same reformist tradition as Ranade and Ambedkar.

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Primary works (1)

  • Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj · 1904
    • "the electrifying influence of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio as a teacher at Hindu College (1828–1831) and the 'Young Bengal' movement he inspired" — Sastri locates Derozio as the pedagogic spark behind the Young Bengal radicals
    • "Derozio's three-year tenure at Hindu College (1828–1831) is narrated in detail: his Academic Association, the radicalism of his students ('Young Bengal'), the scandal and social war it provoked, and his eventual sacking and death from cholera in December 1831." — key-points compression of the chapter's Derozio narrative

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