Spyridon Lambros
Spyridon Lambros | |
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Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος | |
 Lampros, as portrayed in the journalNea Ellasin 1896 | |
| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 27 September 1916 – 12 April 1917 | |
| Monarch | Constantine I of Greece |
| Preceded by | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Succeeded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
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| Born | April 8, 1851 Corfu,United States of the Ionian Islands |
| Died | July 23, 1919(aged 68) Skopelos |
| Children | Lina Tsaldari |
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| Education | National University of Athens |
| Occupation | History professor |
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Spyridon LambrosorLampros(Greek:Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος;8 April 1851–1919) was a Greek history professor and brieflyPrime Minister of Greeceduring theNational Schism.
Biography
[edit]He was born inCorfuin 1851 and was educated inLondon,ParisandVienna,studyinghistory.His father, Pavlos Lambros, was anAromanian(Vlach) fromKalarrytesinEpirus,[1]meaning that Lambros was of Aromanian origin himself.[2]
In 1890, he joined the faculty of theUniversity of Athensand taught history and ancient literature. He becameProvostof the university in 1893, serving in that capacity twice, 1893–1894 and 1912–1913.
After 1903, Lambros started an academic movement calledNeos Hellenomnemon(Νέος Ἑλληνομνήμων) which studied the scientific and philosophical developments of the Greek-speaking world during theByzantineandOttomaneras.
In October 1916 with Greece in the midst of theNational Schismand under two governments (Eleftherios VenizelosinThessalonikiandKing ConstantineinAthens), the formerlyLiberal(and associated with Venizelos) Lambros accepted the King's commission to form a government in Athens. Eventually,riotstook place in Athens (theNoemvriana), for which Lambros was judged responsible due to mis-management. He resigned as Prime Minister. After theexileof the king in summer 1917, Lambros was put ininternal exileby theVenizelists,inHydraandSkopelos.
He died in Skopelos on 23 July 1919.[3]
Legacy
[edit]His daughter,Lina Tsaldari,was elected toParliamentin 1956 and became the first woman in the Greek Cabinet as Minister of Social Welfare.
Works
[edit]- Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos(2 vol. set)vol.1,vol.2
- Ecthesis Chronica And Chronicon Athenarum
References
[edit]- ^Jovanovski, Dalibor; Minov, Nikola (2017)."Ioannis Kolettis. The Vlach from the ruling elite of Greece".Balcanica Posnaniensia.24(1).Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań:222–223.ISSN2450-3177.Retrieved8 May2017.
- ^Kahl, Thede(2003)."Aromanians in Greece: Minority or Vlach-speaking Greeks?".Jahrbücher für Geschichte und Kultur Südosteuropas.5:213.
Indeed, the list of examples of Aromanians in Greek history is quite impressive: [...] Spyridon Lambros (1851-1919, historian and politician)
- ^Note: Greece officiallyadoptedtheGregorian calendaron 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, areOld Style.
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