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The Gennadius Library main building in Athens, designed by the American architects John Van Pelt and W. Stuart Thompson and inaugurated in 1926.. The Gennadius Library (Greek: Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη), also known as the Gennadeion, is one of the most important libraries in Greece, with over 110,000 volumes on Greek history, literature and art from Antiquity until modern times.
Gennadius was born in Athens on January 19 [O.S. January 7] 1844, the son of Georgios Gennadios, a man of letters, and Artemis Gennadios, a descendant of Ioannis Benizelos. [2] His father died when he was 10. He was educated at the English-language Malta Protestant College and at the University of Athens. In November 1862, at age 18, he left ...
Gennadios’ statue was placed in front of the National Library of Greece following the construction of Theophil Hansen's neoclassical building to house the collections of the library in 1903. Gennadios's son Joannes Gennadius was born in 1844 and became a diplomat and bibliophile.
Ioannis Gennadios (c. 1844 – 1932), diplomat, bibliophile and author, was a descendant of the family on his mother’s side (great-grandchild of Ioannis Benizelos, c. 1735 – 1807). His personal library formed the core of the Gennadius Library of Athens.
Gennadius II of Constantinople (Greek: Γεννάδιος; lay name: Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος, Georgios Kourtesios; c. 1400 – c. 1472) was a Byzantine Greek philosopher and theologian, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1465.
Georgios Gennadios (1784–1854), Greek man of letters and educationalist; Joannes Gennadius (1844–1932), Greek diplomat and bibliophile, son of Georgios; Gennadios (Zervos) (born 1937), Greek Orthodox bishop in Italy; Gennadios Xenodochof (born 1988), Greek footballer
Contemporary report on the incident by Ioannes Gennadius, founder of the Gennadius Library. The Dilessi murders. Prion. 1998-08-01. ISBN 9781853752803. First modern monograph on the subject by Romilly James Heald Jenkins. Stevens, Crosby (1989). Ransom and Murder in Greece: Lord Muncaster's Journal, 1870. Lutterworth Press. ISBN 9780718827526.
National Library of Greece (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Libraries in Athens" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.