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Cappadocian scholar and teacher at the "Megali tou Genous Scholi" ("Great School of the Nation", the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchal High School) in Constantinople. He was one of the most important collectors of ‘living monuments’ of Cappadocia in the late 19th century. Valavanis was awarded a prize twice by the Greek Philological Association of Constantinople for his educational work and compilations. |
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Ioannis Valavanis was one of the pioneers in the collection and study of linguistic material in the Pontus. He was awarded a prize in 1880 by the Greek Philological Association of Constantinople for his study on the Pontic language. |
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Roman emperor (253-260 AD). He had been the leader of the Roman senate prior to his rise to the throne. He ordered the persecution of Christians and proceeded with economic measures which affected Asia Minor as well. He repeatedly faced the invasions of the Persian king Sapor I in Syria and Asia Minor, until he was taken captive and executed in 260 AD. |
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Georgios Veinoglou was the grandson of Manolakis Benli Oğlu, the founder of the Christian community of Kuşadası. A wealthy cloth merchant, he was a member of the community council of elders, as well as of the boards of the hospital and the schools of Kuşadası. |
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Great-grandson of the founder of the Christian community of Kuşadası, Manolakis Benli Oğlu. He was born in 1857 in Kuşadası and died in 1925 in Athens. He the Christian refugees of Kuşadası great relief in 1916. He was active in providing relief for the refugees from Kuşadası in 1916. He was also a member of the Committee for the Compensation of Greek Subjects. In 1889, he wrote the history of the Veinoglou family. |
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