Spyridon Lambros or Lampros (; 8 April 1851 – 1919) was a Greek history professor and briefly

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during the

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Biography

He was born in

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in 1851 and was educated in

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and

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, studying

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. His father, Pavlos Lambros, was an Aromanian (Vlach) from

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, meaning that Lambros was of Aromanian origin himself. In 1890, he joined the faculty of the

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and taught history and ancient literature. He became

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of the university in 1893, serving in that capacity twice, 1893–1894 and 1912–1913. After 1903, Lambros started an academic movement called '' Neos Hellenomnemon'' (''Νέος Ἑλληνομνήμων'') which studied the scientific and philosophical developments of the Greek-speaking world during the

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and Ottoman eras. In October 1916 with Greece in the midst of the

and under two governments (

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos ser ...

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and King Constantine in

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), the formerly Liberal (and associated with Venizelos) Lambros accepted the King's commission to form a government in Athens. Eventually,

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s took place in Athens (the '' Noemvriana''), for which Lambros was judged responsible due to mis-management. He resigned as Prime Minister. After the

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of the king in summer 1917, Lambros was put in internal exile by the

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, in Hydra and

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. He died in Skopelos on 23 July 1919.

Legacy

His daughter, Lina Tsaldari, was elected to

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in 1956 and became the first woman in the Greek Cabinet as Minister of Social Welfare.

Works

* ''Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos'' (2 vol. set
vol.1vol.2
* ''Ecthesis Chronica And Chronicon Athenarum''

References

1851 births 1919 deaths United States of the Ionian Islands people 20th-century prime ministers of Greece Politicians from Corfu 19th-century Greek historians 20th-century Greek historians Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greek people of Aromanian descent Greek exiles {{Greece-politician-stub