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Inwood, Christiane Sourvinou- (1945–2007), Greek scholar  

R. C. T. Parker

Inwood, Christiane Sourvinou- (1945–2007), Greek scholar, was born in Volos, Greece, on 26 February 1945, the daughter of Spyros Sourvinos, a colonel in the Greek army, and his wife, a teacher of economics and eventually a headmistress. The family moved from their home in ...

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Mavrogordato, John Nicolas (1882–1970), Greek scholar and translator  

Peter Mackridge

Mavrogordato, John Nicolas (1882–1970), Greek scholar and translator, was born on 19 July 1882 at 34 Gloucester Gardens, Kensington, London, the second son of Nicolas Mavrogordato (1850–1890), merchant, and his wife, Alexandra (otherwise Amalia, Amélie, or Amelia), née Scaramanga (1857–1945). His father was born in ...

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Thwaites, Edward (bap. 1671, d. 1711), Anglo-Saxon and Greek scholar  

Margaret Clunies Ross and Amanda J. Collins

Thwaites, Edward (bap. 1671, d. 1711), Anglo-Saxon and Greek scholar, was born at Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland, and baptized there on 15 November 1671, the son of William Thwaites, a resident there. He attended a school in Kendal, before being admitted a batteler at ...