Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

TRICOUPIS, SPYRIDION (1788—1893)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 267 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

TRICOUPIS, SPYRIDION (1788—1893) , See also:Greek author and statesman, son of the See also:primate of See also:Missolonghi, was See also:born on the 2oth of See also:April 1788. After studying in See also:Paris and See also:London he became private secretary to the fifth See also:earl of See also:Guilford; who resided in the Ionian Islands. He was a friend of See also:Lord See also:Byron, and pronounced his funeral oration in the See also:cathedral of Missolonghi (1824). During the Greek See also:War of See also:Independence he occupied several important administrative and See also:diplomatic posts, being a member of the provisional See also:government in 1826 and of the See also:national See also:convention at Troezen in 1827, and See also:president of the See also:council and See also:minister of See also:foreign affairs in 1832. He was thrice Greek minister in. London (1835—1838, 1841–1843 and 1850—1861), and in 1850 See also:envoy-extraordinary to Paris. After the Revolution he became minister of foreign affairs and of public instruction, and held portfolios in several subsequent See also:short-lived ministries. He died on the 24th of See also:February 1873. A collection of his earlier religious and See also:political orations was published in Paris in 1836. His See also:chief See also:work is a See also:history of the Greek insurrection, `IQropia r,7s EAXnets7s Eaavaaravews (4 vols., London. 1853—1857; 2nd ed., 1862). He also wrote a See also:martial poem, 'O Si ios.

IIo177µa KAeWrLK6v (Paris, 182I).

End of Article: TRICOUPIS, SPYRIDION (1788—1893)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
TRICOUPIS (or TRICOuPI), CHARILAOS (1832—1896) 		[next]
TRICYCLE (from prefix tri, three, and Gr. 1cbaos, c...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries