Potheri Kunjambu Vakil (1857–1919) was one of the earliest Malayalam poets and a rationalist, novelist, social worker and lawyer from Kannur district.
After studying at Ezhuthupalli run by his father Potheri Kunjakkan, he was educated in Sanskrit and Malayalam.
He later studied at the Government English School in Kannur, he passed matriculation and dropped out of higher education due to poverty.
[2] Kunjambu worked as a court clerk for a short time and later passed the legal examination and became a lawyer in Taliparamba and Kannur.
Aware of the importance of women's education, Kunjambu sent her daughter to Madras Medical College to become a doctor and a role model for the society.