Stefanos Koumanoudis
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Stefanos Koumanoudis (Greek: Στέφανος Κουμανούδης, 1818-1899) was a Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer of the 19th century.
Biography
He was born in 1818 in Adrianople to a rich merchant family.[1][2][3] In an early age, his family settled in Bucharest, and later in Silistra where he spent most of his childhood.[3][4] He graduated from the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Paris.[4][5] Fellow university students of Koumanoudis were Efthymios Kastorchis, Iraklis Mitsopoulos, Lysandros Kavtantzoglou and Emmanuel Kokkinos, who became notable teachers and archaeologists as well.[4]
He became a lecturer in 1845, and in 1846 he was appointed a professor of Latin philology of the
He was also a member of the
Writings
He wrote excavation reports and epigraphic publications, dictionaries and commentary versions of classical works and translated several Serbian folk songs as well as works by Voltaire.[10][11] His diary was preserved and transcribed by his great-grandson, fellow philologist Stefanos N. Koumanoudis, and published in 1980.[12] He also enriched and translated the Latin dictionary of Heinrich Ulrichs (1807-1843), and in 1883 contributed to the re-issue of the Archaeological Journal, and from 1861 to 1863 he published the historical journal «Philistor» (Φιλίστωρ).[7] He also published, with Efthymios Kastorchis, the journal «Athinaion» (Αθήναιον).[8]
References
- ^ Koumanoudēs, Stephanos A., 1818-1899, FAST Linked Data
- ISBN 9789602503119.
- ^ ISBN 9789607036933.
- ^ a b c Argyropoulou, Roxani D. (18 December 2011). "Στέφανος Κουµανούδης: Τι πίστευε ένας διανοούµενος στη νεαρή Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα". To Vima.
- ^ Ὁ Σολων· ἀρχαιον Ἑλληνικον δικαιον. Περιεχον τους σωζομενους Νομους των Ἀθηναιων και τους Ναυτικους των τε Ῥοδιων και Αὐτοκρατορων της Κωνσταντινουπολεως. Μεταφρασθεν και ἐκδοθεν ὑπο Ν. Π. 1844. p. 315 – via British Library.
- ^ "ΕΚΠΑ: Κοσμητεία Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής - Ιστορικά Στοιχεία". www.deanphil.uoa.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ a b c "Κουμανούδης Στέφανος - Εθνολογικό Μουσείο Θράκης". database.emthrace.org. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ a b Λεύκωμα της εκατονταετηρίδος της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας. Athens: Archaeological Society of Athens. 1937. pp. 24–25 (part B).
- ^ Spandonis, N. (21 May 1899). "Στέφανος Κουμανούδης". Empros. p. 1 – via National Library Digital Archive.
- ^ Papageorgiou, Alekos G. (1 July 1939). "Ο Στέφανος Κουμανούδης μεταφραστής σερβικών λαϊκών τραγουδιών". Nea Estia (301): 912.
- ^ Papageorgiou, Alekos G. (15 May 1961). "Ο Στέφανος Κουμανούδης μεταφραστής του Βολταίρου". Nea Estia (813): 690.
- ^ Newspaper Ta Nea, 6 July 1987, p. 53.