Dionysios Zakythinos
Dionysios A. Zakythinos or Zakythenos (
Byzantinist
.
Zakythinos was born in
National Research Foundation in 1958 and was the first director of the Byzantine Research Institute from its foundation in 1960 to 1975. The Academy of Athens elected him as a full member in 1966, and Zakythinos went on to serve as its president in 1974. Zakythinos was also a Foreign Fellow of the British Academy. In 1971–76 he served as chairman of the International Association of Byzantine Studies
(AIEB), and thereafter as its honorary president.
Zakythinos also served briefly as Minister to the Prime Minister in the interim 1963–64 government of
Greek Parliament in the November 1974 elections, on the list of the conservative New Democracy
party, serving until 1977. He died on 18 January 1993 in Athens.
Sources
- Anthony Bryer (5 February 1993). "Obituary: Professor Dionysios Zakythinos". The Independent. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
