Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869): Great British philhellene who participated in the Greek Revolution, close friend of Lord Byron, writer and politician
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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
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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
BiographiesGiuseppe 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…
Joseph Baleste: A great Philhellene in the Greek War of Independence
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Colonel Joseph Baleste is one of the most important French Philhellenes who served in the Greek Revolution. He holds a prominent position as he is considered to be the first trainer and commander of the Greek military. He was born in 1790…
Biographies: The French philhellene Maxime Raybaud
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Jean-François Maxime Raybaud, a French officer, diplomat and writer, was born on 19 June 1795 in the town of La Colle in the province of Var in France and died in January 1894. He graduated from the Saint Cyr…
Charles Ogle (1851–1878) - English journalist and great philhellene
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Charles Ogle (1851–1878) - English journalist and great philhellene
The SHP honors the memory of a great English philhellene, a journalist and report of the London Times, who was murdered by the Turks in Makrinitsa, during the revolution…
Clement Harris – An English composer who died heroically fighting for Greece
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SHP pays homage to Clement Hugh Gilbert Harris (8 July 1871 – 23 April 1897), who fought like a hero and died for the independence of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. Clement Harris was a wealthy and charismatic English pianist…
Le philhellénisme en France au 18eme et 19eme siècle
BiographiesLe philhellénisme a constitué un mouvement extrêmement important en France, qui a contribué au succès de la révolution de 1821 et à la création de l’État grec moderne.
Au cours du XVIIIe siècle, la Renaissance et les Lumières…
Paul Emil Jacobs: A great painter and Philhellene
BiographiesPaul Emil Jacobs (August 20, 1802 – January 6, 1866) was a leading Orientalist German painter, noted for Orientalist themes, portraits and nudes, as well as subjects from the classical mythology.