Lecture by Emeritus Professor Christos Bartsokas on: The American doctor Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876), Hero of the Greek Revolution, Philanthropist-benefactor in Greece and the USA

The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 19:30 in the Stoa Vivliou Gallery (Pesmazoglou 5)

The event is being organized by the College of Emeritus Professors of the University of Athens

The President Dionysios Kokkinos

The Secretary General of Panagiotis Siskos

Those who wish will receive a certificate of lecture attendance.

4 October 2019

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