Calcutta Boys' School

The Calcutta Boys' School
Address
Map
72, S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata - 700014

Coordinates22°33′46.04″N 88°22′01.56″E / 22.5627889°N 88.3671000°E / 22.5627889; 88.3671000
Information
TypePrivate
MottoDei Mundus Deo
(The World of God for God)
Religious affiliation(s)Methodist Church in India
Established1877; 147 years ago (1877)
FounderBishop James M Thoburn
PrincipalMr. Raja McGee
Number of students3100
ClassesNursery (4+) to 12 (ISC)
Campus typeUrban
HousesThoburn  , Laidlaw  , Henderson  , Warne  
Song"Hail! Alma Mater"
AffiliationCouncil for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

The Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (Methodist Missionary to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church), and was opened in 1877. It was endowed by Robert Laidlaw and others interested in the education of the sons of the Anglo-Indian and domiciled European community.[1]

  1. ^ Clifford Hicks by Alfred Martin, Pulse, Calcutta, February 1980.