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Dey was a member of a Bengali (বাঙালী) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family of Calcutta.<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130718/jsp/calcutta/story_17126553.jsp |title=Historian Barun De dead |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=2016-08-15}}</ref><ref name="HT20130718">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/kolkata/Historian-Barun-De-passes-away/Article-1094187.aspx |date=18 July 2013 |title=Historian Barun Dey passes away |publisher=Hindustan Times |accessdate=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010131755/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/kolkata/Historian-Barun-De-passes-away/Article-1094187.aspx |archivedate=10 October 2013 }}</ref> He was the son of [[Draft: Basanta Kumar De|Basanta Kumar Dey]], a senior of the Bengal Nagpur Railways<ref name="frontline1">[http://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/historian-and-administrator/article4995294.ece "Historian and Administrator" - Aniruddha Ray] Retrieved 2015-03-03</ref> and Pramila Dey (nee Gupta). His paternal grandfather was the Persianist and civil servant, [[Brajendranath De|Brajendranath Dey]], who edited and translated Nizamuddin Ahmed's ''Tabaqat-i-Akbari'' from Persian to English<ref name="vmh">[http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/official_info/victoria_newsletter_feb2014.pdf Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, 'Obituary' in the ''Victoria Memorial Newsletter'', 2014]</ref> while his maternal granduncle, Amritalal Gupta (অমৃতলাল গুপ্ত), was the Acharya (আচার্য) of the Dacca Brahmo Samaj, who wrote ''Cheleder Katha'' (''ছেলেদের কথা'') and ''Punnyabati Nari'' (''পূণ্যবতি নারী''). | Dey was a member of a Bengali (বাঙালী) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family of Calcutta.<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130718/jsp/calcutta/story_17126553.jsp |title=Historian Barun De dead |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=2016-08-15}}</ref><ref name="HT20130718">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/kolkata/Historian-Barun-De-passes-away/Article-1094187.aspx |date=18 July 2013 |title=Historian Barun Dey passes away |publisher=Hindustan Times |accessdate=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010131755/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/kolkata/Historian-Barun-De-passes-away/Article-1094187.aspx |archivedate=10 October 2013 }}</ref> He was the son of [[Draft: Basanta Kumar De|Basanta Kumar Dey]], a senior of the Bengal Nagpur Railways<ref name="frontline1">[http://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/historian-and-administrator/article4995294.ece "Historian and Administrator" - Aniruddha Ray] Retrieved 2015-03-03</ref> and Pramila Dey (nee Gupta). His paternal grandfather was the Persianist and civil servant, [[Brajendranath De|Brajendranath Dey]], who edited and translated Nizamuddin Ahmed's ''Tabaqat-i-Akbari'' from Persian to English<ref name="vmh">[http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/official_info/victoria_newsletter_feb2014.pdf Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, 'Obituary' in the ''Victoria Memorial Newsletter'', 2014]</ref> while his maternal granduncle, Amritalal Gupta (অমৃতলাল গুপ্ত), was the Acharya (আচার্য) of the Dacca Brahmo Samaj, who wrote ''Cheleder Katha'' (''ছেলেদের কথা'') and ''Punnyabati Nari'' (''পূণ্যবতি নারী''). | ||
Dey studied at St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta. He completed his I.A. & B.A. (Honours) in History at Presidency College, Calcutta, where he was a student of [[Susobhan Sarkar|Susobhan Chandra Sarkar]]. He was | Dey studied at St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta. He completed his I.A. & B.A. (Honours) in History at Presidency College, Calcutta, where he was a student of [[Susobhan Sarkar|Susobhan Chandra Sarkar]]. He was debate secretary of the student's union of the college. In that capacity he invited his batchmate, [[Amartya Sen]], to deliver his first public lecture, ''Bigyapaner Arthaniti'' (Economics of Advertisement) at Presidency College. | ||
Dey completed his 2nd B.A. (Honours School) at St. Catherine's Society, Oxford, where his tutors were George Holmes and Wilfred Knapp. He completed his D.Phil. thesis on "Henry Dundas and the Government of India, 1784-1801" under the supervision of Colin Cuthbert Davies<ref name="telegraphindia1"> | Dey completed his 2nd B.A. (Honours School) at St. Catherine's Society, Oxford, where his tutors were George Holmes and Wilfred Knapp. He completed his D.Phil. thesis on "Henry Dundas and the Government of India, 1784-1801" under the supervision of Colin Cuthbert Davies<ref name="telegraphindia1"> | ||