Ioannis Trikoupis [SEP] conflict
Ioannis Trikoupis
Ioannis Trikoupis (1750 in Messolonghi – 30 July 1824 in Messolonghi) was a Greek politician of the Greek War of Independence.
Biography.
Ioannis Trikoupis was born in 1750 in Messolonghi and was the eldest son of the seaman and local notable Matthaios Trikoupis. He attended his first general courses in his hometown, where his teacher was the famous scholar Panagiotis Palamas. Later, he studied philosophy in Ithaca, where he also learned Italian. After his studies he settled in Patras to find work. There he
Ioannis Trikoupis contributed to the defence of the city. On 9 November 1822, when the Senate of Western Continental Greece was established, he was elected senator and later a member of the board of the Directorate General and the three-member committee that worked as temporary substitutes for Alexandros Mavrokordatos during his absence.
Ioannis Trikoupis died on 30 July 1824 in Messolonghi. According to the announcement of his death in the newspaper "Ellinika Chronika" of Johann Jakob Meyer, he died of malaria.
See also.
- Spyridon