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

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