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SPYRIDION See also:TRICOUPIS (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) . |
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