Angelos Delivorrias

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Angelos Delivorrias
Άγγελος Δεληβορριάς
Director of Benaki Museum
In office
1973–2015
Personal details
Born(1937-08-16)16 August 1937
Athens, Greece
Died24 April 2018(2018-04-24) (aged 80)
Athens, Greece
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
University of Freiburg
École pratique des hautes études
OccupationArt historian and academic

Angelos Delivorrias (Greek: Άγγελος Δεληβορριάς; 16 August 1937[1] – 24 April 2018) was a Greek archeologist who was the director of Benaki Museum for 41 years and a member of the Academy of Athens.[2]

Career

Graduate in the Faculty of Philosophy of the

University of Athens.[3] In 2000, he was honored by the Academy of Athens with its Silver Medal, while the Benaki Museum was awarded the "Gold Medal". On 31 October 2014, at an event held in the main building of the Museum, he announced his departure from the post of director, now occupying a seat in the Administrative Committee of the Foundation. In June 2016 he was elected as full member of the Academy of Athens, in the archeology-museology department.[4][5]

Director of Benaki Museum

Delivorrias managed to attract the interest of many donors and he realized a narrative process of development, consisting in the prominence of Greek civilization from antiquity to contemporary art. According to himself, he was the longest-lasting internationally head of the Museum, but at the same time the manager, the fundraiser and the scientific officer, as well as the man who had undertaken all sorts of contacts with the administrative services of the Greek state.[6]

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Άγγελος Δεληβορριάς στα 81 του (in Greek)
  3. ^ Άγγελος Δεληβορριάς Ομότιμος καθηγητής, Διευθυντής Μουσείου Μπενάκη Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
  4. ^ Ο Αγγελος Δεληβοριάς τακτικό μέλος της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών. Εξελέγη στην έδρα Αρχαιολογία-Μουσειολογία (in Greek)
  5. ^ Αντίο στον Αγγελο Δεληβορριά (in Greek)
  6. ^ "Safeguarding the Past, in an Uncooperative Present (Published 2013)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17.