Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Bengali: ধন গোপাল মুখোপাধ্যায় Dhôn Gopal Mukhopaddhae) (July 6, 1890 –July 14, 1936) was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and winner of Newbery Medal 1928 . He studied at Duff School (now known as Scottish Church Collegiate School, a constituent unit of Scottish Church College, Calcutta), the University of Calcutta, in India, Tokyo University in Japan and at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University in the U.S.