Ioannis Patsourakos

Histoire de vie

28th Sep 1873	Né/e à MAVROVOUNI, GYTHIO, LACONIA
1903	Marié/e avec KANELLA LIAKAKOS
4th Jun 1905	Mort de KANELLA LIAKAKOS à GYTHIO, LACONIA
1906	Marié/e avec ZAFIRIA ELEFTHERIOU
13th May 1907	Naissance de fille CHRISTINA-ELLI PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
13th Oct 1908	Naissance de fille GARYFALLINA-LEDA PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
10th Apr 1910	Naissance de fils VASILIOS-VRASIDAS PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
11th Jan 1912	Naissance de fils SPYROS-KALLICTRATIDAS PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
23rd Nov 1913	Naissance de fils DEMETRIOS-MINDAROS PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
11th Feb 1915	Naissance de fils ANDREAS-AGISANDRIDAS PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
1st Mar 1917	Naissance de fille SOFIA-ATHINA PATSOURAKOS à GYTHIO, LACONIA
25th Feb 1919	Naissance de fille MARIA-THEANO PATSOURAKOS à PIRAEUS
15th Jul 1937	Decedé/e à SALAMIS

Notes

• John Patsourakos was the third of five sons of Vasilios Patsourakos and ChristINa Papoutzaki. He was born on September 28th, 1873 à Mavrovouni Gythion, where his father was one of the first teachers of the Greek state.
  He completed his elementary studies à GYTHIO and à 1893 received a degree à Literature par the University of ATHENES. à the same year he was appoINted prINcipal à GYTHIO and later à Karditsa. At the age of 25 he was declared a Doctor of Literature havINg prepared a thesis entitled Β«Treatise on ancient GythionΒ» (1902).
  Same time he was curator of Antiquities Gythion, where he discovered the ancient aqueduct of the city. à 1910-11 and agaIN à 1912 he was elected MP à double Review Laconia House, where he was distINguished as a defender of Katharevousa (formal Greek language). He is also referred to verbal debates with Eleftherios Venizelos on the language issue à the House on 28 February and 8 March 1911. DurINg the ethnic divide (1915-19) he was chased because of his preference to the KINg and seekINg refuge he was self-exiled à  Konakia and Strotza (Prosilio), where he remaINed for about 3 years (1916-19) extendINg his authorship . à 1919 he was nomINated a graduate of the Faculty of the University of ATHENES. Alongside he was regular partner of the Archaeological Society à 1914.
  DurINg the INterwar period he published the newspaper Β«PiraikiΒ» (1921), while he was writINg à the newspapers Β«GlobeΒ», Β«ColumnistΒ», Β«CourageΒ» and Β«FlagΒ», Β«ForwardΒ» and Β«ATHENESΒ».
  Apart par political and INtellectual work Patsourakos John had a rich educational activity. He taught at the Pedagogical Academy Ralleio à Piraeus for 30 years (1907-37), where he serviced also as headmaster. Alongside he taught à private schools à Piraeus, as the Lyceum Β«PlatoΒ» and the Papacostas and Stavrianos School. The ambition to develop the INtellectual level of the people was one of the maIN cares. He founded the Β«Association of Laconian à PiraeusΒ».
  He wrote many works mostly philosophical, literal, archaeological and historical, as well as plays poems, novels, etc. Of all his works 14 have been published. DistINguished between them: Β«The Mani and ManiotsΒ» (1910, reprINted Adouloti Mani 2000), the historical novel Β«The mysterious PirateΒ» (1927, fictional biography of the notorious Maniatis pirate of 17th century Lyberakis Gerakaris), the historical drama Β«ConstantINe the eleventhΒ» (1927), the essay Β«War Father of AllΒ» (1933), a Β«Grammar and structural handbook of the Greek languageΒ» (1931), the historical essay Β«An historical aspect of ancient PiraeusΒ» (1932 ), the essay Β«The mirror RepublicΒ» (1933) and Β«YpothikaiΒ» (1925). His unpublished works INclude among others the Β«Ancient treatise on the LasΒ» (1903), the Β«Ancient treatise on EgioΒ» (1906) and Β«Maniatikes historical pages, or four aspects of importance à the history of ManiΒ» (1932).
  Patsourakos John was married to Zafiria Eleftheriou and gaINed eight children: ChristINa-Elli, GaryfallINa-Lida, Vasilios-Vrasidas, Spyridon-Kallikratidas, Dimitrios-MINdaros, Andreas-Agisandridas, Sofia-AthINa and Maria-Theano.
  He died à his holiday home à Ampelakia Salamis on 15 July 1937 and was buried à Piraeus.