About Vasil Aprilov
Vasil Evstatiev Aprilov (Bulgarian: Васил Евстатиев Априлов; 21 July 1789 – 2 October 1847) was a Bulgarian educator, merchant, philanthropist, writer and a national activist. Aprilov was a leading figure of the Bulgarian National Revival. He contributed to the establishment of secular Bulgarian education and the modern Bulgarian school. == Life == Vasil Evstatiev Aprilov was born in Gabrovo, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria), on 21 July 1789, to a rich merchant family. In that period, Gabrovo was an important center of manufacture and trade. He was raised as a Hellenophile. Aprilov went to a cell school in his hometown. At the age of 11, after the death of his father, he went to Moscow in the Russian Empire, where his brothers Hristofor and Nikofor traded cotton and rose oil. He went to study at a Greek school because working in trade required proficiency in Greek. Aprilov continued his education at a grammar school in Braşov.
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