Stefanos Thomopoulos (, 11 April 1859 – 31 July 1939) was a

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writer and historian, who wrote especially on the history of

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and its surrounding region. He was the son of the notary Nikolaos Thomopoulos, and was born at 74 Ermou Street in Patras. He graduated the local Gymnasium (High School), where, at the age of 12, he wrote in the school newspaper, while in 1879, he came first in an essay contest on the history of the city. He studied law in

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, where he completed his doctorate in 1885. After service in the army, he returned to his native city to practice law. In 1911, he was appointed to a post at the

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following a competition, where he worked until his retirement in 1933. In 1913, following the

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, he was sent by the Ministry of Education to

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to register the library collections in cities and monasteries in the areas of

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, Monastir and

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. He died on 31 July 1939.

Works

Thomopoulos was greatly interested in his native city and its history, and was one of the first modern Greek historians, along with Dimitrios Kambouroglou, to research and write on the history of their home cities. In 1888, at the age of 29, Thomopoulos published his first work, the first volume of his ''History of the City of Patras''.''Aion'' newspaper, 3 March 1888 issue
/ref> Throughout his life he wrote many articles, studies and essays about Patras and wrote regularly for local newspapers. Other works include:

Sources

*''History of the City of Patras'' (''Ιστορία της πόλεως Πατρών'' ), Volumes I and II, Stefanos Thomopoulos, Achaikes Ekdoseis, *''History of the City'' (''Ιστορία της πόλης''), Peri Technon Publications, Patras, 2004,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomopoulos, Stefanos 1859 births 1939 deaths 19th-century Greek historians Writers from Patras 20th-century Greek historians