Elmas Boçe (1852 – 10 October 1925) was an

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educator and a signatory of the

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Life

Born in

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in 1852 he studied in Zosimea and later in

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, capital of the

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. A member of the Gjirokastër branch of the

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, he also funded one of the Albanian-language schools of the city ''Lirija''. In 1911 he took part in the Assembly of Cepo and in 1912 was signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He died on October 10, 1925, and rests in the village of Metan in Lushnjë.

References

*''History of Albanian People''. Albanian Academy of Science. Educators from the Ottoman Empire Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Albanian educators 1852 births 1925 deaths Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence People from Gjirokastër People from Janina vilayet Zosimaia School alumni All-Albanian Congress delegates {{Albania-bio-stub