Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles

Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles
Ευαγγελινός Αποστολίδης Σοφοκλής
Born(1807-03-08)March 8, 1807
DiedDecember 17, 1883(1883-12-17) (aged 76)
NationalityGreek, American
Academic work
DisciplineClassicist
Sub-disciplineModern Greek
InstitutionsHarvard University
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Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (Greek: Ευαγγελινός Αποστολίδης Σοφοκλής; March 8, 1807  December 17, 1883) was a professor of classics and Modern Greek at Harvard University, and lexicographer. He was born in Tsangarada, Thessaly, Ottoman Empire, and he died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is considered to be a pioneer of Modern Greek studies.