Dr Alexander (George) Paspati

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Occupation: Physician.

Byzantine specialist. Founder of the Syllogos Littéraire in Constantinople. Grand Officier de l'Ordre du Sauveur.

Alexander G. Paspati is among the 12 Greek youths brought to New York between 1823-1831 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

"Six of the Greek youths, who have received instruction from the missionaries of the Board at Malta, have been sent to this country, during the past year, for the purpose of enjoying the literary and religious advantages, with which a kind Providence has so abundantly favored us...arrived in May...Alessandro Paspati...has a mother at Malta, but his father is dead. A younger sister has recently been redeemed from bondage by friends in Smyrna, and a brother is supposed to be still a captive among the Turks." He was studying at an academy in Bolton, Massachusettes, in 1823.

Alexander G. Paspati, 27, b. Chios, unmarried, having arrived Syros in 1830, physician, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 11 Jul 1840 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Alexandre Paspatis, physician, Athens, was a donating member, from 1868, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Author of Études sur les Tchinghianés, ou Bohémiens de l'empire ottoman, Constantinople, 1870.

Alexander married Arghyro (Zannis) Vouro on 3 Mar 1852 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Arghyro (son of Zannis (Antonios) Vouro and Marouko (Paul) Rodocanachi) was born on 26 Oct 1828 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 02 Nov 1913 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]