Mavi Boncuk |Occupation: Physician.
Byzantine specialist. Founder of the Syllogos Littéraire in Constantinople. Grand Officier de l'Ordre du Sauveur.
Alexander G. Paspati is among the 12 Greek youths brought to New York between 1823-1831 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. [3]
"Six of the Greek youths, who have received instruction from the missionaries of the Board at Malta, have been sent to this country, during the past year, for the purpose of enjoying the literary and religious advantages, with which a kind Providence has so abundantly favored us...arrived in May...Alessandro Paspati...has a mother at Malta, but his father is dead. A younger sister has recently been redeemed from bondage by friends in Smyrna, and a brother is supposed to be still a captive among the Turks." He was studying at an academy in Bolton, Massachusettes, in 1823. [4]
Alexander G. Paspati, 27, b. Chios, unmarried, having arrived Syros in 1830, physician, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 11 Jul 1840 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. [5]
Alexandre Paspatis, physician, Athens, was a donating member, from 1868, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France. [6]
Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Alexander George Paspati is mentioned on pages 68-69
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[S49] Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 68-69.
[S17] Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, (self, Paris, 1983), 123.
[S42] The Greek Community of New York City, Michael Contopoulos, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 12, 156.
[S44] Report of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 116, 1823.
[S25] Greek State Archives (Syros).
[S62] Revue des études grecques Vol 7 (1892), Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, (Paris), LVIII. v3, 1890
(pictured) Wife Argyro Vourou, married 03 Mar 1852 Syros, Greece (b. 1828- d. 02 Nov 1913)
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