Nicholas Pogose
{{Infobox person
|name=Nicholas Peter Pogose
|native_name=Նիկոլաս Պոգոզե
|native_name_lang=hy
|image=Nicky Pogose.jpg
|caption=Painting of Pogose by Charles Pote
|occupation=merchant, zamindar
|spouse=Mary Pogose
|children={{unbulleted list|Gregory Joachim Pogose|John Pogose|Nicholas Joachim Pogose|Paul Pogose}}
|alma_mater={{unbulleted list|Dhaka Collegiate School| Dhaka College}}
|death_date={{circa|25th October 1876}}
|resting_place=Narinda Christian Cemetery, Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
|signature=Pogose Signature.png
}}
Nicholas Peter Pogose ({{langx|hy|Նիկոլաս Պոգոսե}}; known as Nicky Pogose; died {{circa|1876}}) was an Armenian merchant and a zamindar. He belonged to the Armenian community of Dhaka.{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Armenians, The
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenians,_The |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Ali|editor2-first=Ansar|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
Career
Pogose studied in Dhaka Collegiate School and Dhaka College.{{cite book | author=Mamun, Muntasir | year=2010 | title=Dhaka Smirti Bismiritir Nagari |location=Dhaka | publisher=Anannya | pages=159–161 |language=bn |isbn=978-7-01-050355-4}}
On 12 June 1848, Pogose founded the Pogose Anglo Vernacular School (later Pogose School), the first private school in Dhaka. He served as its headmaster until 1855.{{cite web | url=http://www.stsepulchres.org.uk/burials/pogose_nicholas.html | title=Nicholas Joachim POGOSE (1852–1872) | website=St. Sepulchre's Cemetery | accessdate=31 August 2016}} He served as one of the nine commissioners of Dacca Municipality during 1874–75. He was a partner of the Dacca Bank.
Pogose built the Weis House which is currently the headquarters of Bulbul Lalitakala Academy.{{cite news | author=Ghias, Durdana | date=11 August 2008 | title=Rescue Pogose house before too late | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-49835 | newspaper=The Daily Star | accessdate=1 September 2016}} By 1868, Pogose became one of five Armenian zamindars in Dhaka.{{cite book | last = Clay | first = AL | title = Leaves from a diary in East Bengal | date = 1898 | location = London | pages = 104–105}}
Pogose died in 1876 and he was buried at the Christian Cemetery in the Narinda suburb of Dhaka.{{cite news | author=Haider, M H | date=11 December 2015 | title=A Tribute to Columbo Sahib | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/tribute-columbo-sahib-185254 | work=Star Weekend Magazine | publisher=The Daily Star | accessdate=1 September 2016}} His epitaph reads"Till the day break and Shadows flee away".{{cite news | author=Haider, M H | date=21 August 2015 | title=And Shadows Flee Away | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/and-shadows-flee-away-129868 | work=Star Weekend Magazine | publisher=The Daily Star | accessdate=1 September 2016}}
Family
Pogose was married to Mariam Avdall (b. 1825/26). She was a daughter of Johannes Avdall, the then headmaster of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy in Kolkata.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-08|title=Armenian heritage in Bangladesh|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/news/armenian-heritage-bangladesh-1768102|access-date=2020-06-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}} Together they had at least 10 children including Gregory Joachim Pogose (b. 1845/46), John Pogose (b. 1850/51), Nicholas Joachim Pogose (1852–1872) and Paul Pogose (b. 1853/54).
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Category:19th-century Armenian people
Category:Indian people of Armenian descent