Philhellenes’ Archive

Héctor Berlioz, a famous composer, a great Philhellene

With a wooden horse, a Trojan Horse 6 meters high and weighing 3 tons that volunteers built in the birthplace of Hector Berlioz, the Berlioz Festival began in his birthplace of La Côte Saint-André, near Grenoble, dedicated…

Heinrich Treiber, German doctor, great Philhellene, present during all important moments of the Greek Revolution

Biographies

Heinrich Treiber was born in 1796 in Meiningen, Germany and was of aristocratic descent. He was the son of a court pharmacist, he studied medicine at the universities of Iena, Munich and Wuertzburg, and specialized in…

Auguste Hilarion Touret – French Philhellene, founder of the Hellenic Fire Fighting Corps

Biographies

Colonel Auguste Hilarion Touret was one of the noblest figures of a philhellene. Hilarion Touret was born in the city of Sarguémines, France in 1797. On 22 September 1811, he enlisted in the French army…

George Jarvis – American philhellene and hero of the Greek Revolution

Biographies

Studying the history of Greeks and Philhellenes who played a role during the Greek Revolution, it is difficult to identify among the great fighters, Greeks and Philhellenes, a heroic figure who loved Greece, identified with her cause and…

Charles-Nicolas Fabvier – The great French philhellene

Biographies

Colonel Charles - Nicolas Fabvier remains undoubtedly the most important of the French Philhellenes who took part in the Greek Revolution. He was born in 1782 in the city of Pont-à-Mousson, France. He came from a family of lawyers of…

Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869): Great British philhellene who participated in the Greek Revolution, close friend of Lord Byron, writer and politician

Biographies

Sir James Emerson Tennent (Belfast 1804 - London 1869), was a British from Northern Ireland. He studied law at Belfast and Trinity College Dublin, where he received a doctorate in law. His second name, "Tennent", was added to Emerson in…

Étienne-Marin Bailly: French philhellene, doctor, designed Greece’s first healthcare system

Biographies

Étienne-Marin Bailly is an important French Philhellene medical doctor, who helped decisively with his work the Struggle of the Greeks. He was born in Blois, France, in 1795, he studied medicine and served as the personal physician,…

The Italian Philhellene Giuseppe Chiappe, Lawyer, volunteer fighter, newspaper publisher and Judge in the new Greek state

Biographies

Giuseppe Chiappe comes from Albenga, in Sardinia. He studied law in Italy and France and practiced law in Livorno until 1820. According to some sources, he was a member of the secret revolutionary organization of Carbonari in Italy. When…

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Donation by the SHP – Philhellenism Museum: Monument to the Philhellenes, Frank Abney Hastings, and the “Karteria” in Itea28 September 2026 - 1:50 pm
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Philhellenes’ Archive

Héctor Berlioz, a famous composer, a great Philhellene

Heinrich Treiber, German doctor, great Philhellene, present during all important moments of the Greek Revolution

Auguste Hilarion Touret – French Philhellene, founder of the Hellenic Fire Fighting Corps

George Jarvis – American philhellene and hero of the Greek Revolution

Charles-Nicolas Fabvier – The great French philhellene

Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869): Great British philhellene who participated in the Greek Revolution, close friend of Lord Byron, writer and politician

Étienne-Marin Bailly: French philhellene, doctor, designed Greece’s first healthcare system

The Italian Philhellene Giuseppe Chiappe, Lawyer, volunteer fighter, newspaper publisher and Judge in the new Greek state

Joseph Baleste: A great Philhellene in the Greek War of Independence

Biographies: The French philhellene Maxime Raybaud

Charles Ogle (1851–1878) – English journalist and great philhellene

Clement Harris – An English composer who died heroically fighting for Greece

Le philhellénisme en France au 18eme et 19eme siècle

Paul Emil Jacobs: A great painter and Philhellene