North Aegean Stories
N. P. Eleftheriadis in Paris & London
Mariza Krallis considers interesting epistolary connections among Molyvos, Paris, and London, dated to 1891
In 1891, the 24-year-old Nikolaos P. Eleftheriadis, originally from Petra, Lesvos, sent a letter from Paris to his son-in-law, the 37-year-old Komninakis Kr. Krallis in Molyvos.
Nicholas, who signed the letter “N. P. Eleftheriades Esq.” [1], resides in London, and describes his stay in Notting Hill, but also his recent trip to Paris’ spectacular Catacombs.
At about the same time, three other events unfold in Lesvos, that lead to friendships and kinship.
In that same year, a local radiologist of future renown is born in the village of Agia Paraskevi, with a name and surname drawn from ancient Greece. A future Member of the Greek Parliament, from Lesvos, and General Director of Agriculture is born in the town of Mytilene, while a new bank is founded by a member of a well-known family of the island. These men were Plato P. Plato, Ioannis S. Karamanos and Panos M. Kourtzis.
The archival material in the KFL links these individuals through family ties and social networks. [2]
What then, were the attitudes of the local families of the time towards the education of their children, in Lesvos’ Ottoman period? What was the social and cultural contribution of these individuals, and what their influence on the local community, in the 19th and 20th centuries? How near or far were London, Paris, and Vienna from Lesvos at the time?
[1] Esquire (Esq.): a title added after the full name of a man or woman who is a lawyer, in official documents or files.
[2] KFL Archive – Krallis Family Lesvos
AEGEAN STORIES VAULT
North Aegean Stories
- Achliptarouda
- Administrative Continuities
- Allilodiplografia
- Barbarossa
- Daphnis and Chloe
- Dowry Contract & Residence Permit
- Education in the Ottoman Archives
- Egyptian Photo Parlours
- Egyptian stories
- Eleftheriadis: Paris/London
- E. Schmidt on Painted Houses
- Figures from Byzantine Lesvos
- Global Fashions
- Lomemili and Genoese trade
- Conze and Humann in Molyvos
- Nature in Lesvos
- C. T. Newton in Mytilene
- Ottoman Yearbooks
- Postcards
- Smyrna Photo Parlours
- S. Adam on Education in Lesvos
- Seismic Shifts
- Thinking about the state
- War Trauma
- Seals, Authentication and Identity
- A Medical Diploma and a world of connections
- The Vampire of Mytilene
- Women and Memory in Molyvos
Historial Background
Art Creation in Place
- Dimitris Krallis
- Mariza Krallis
- Aytek Soner Alpan
- Maria Mandamadiotou
- Aneurin Ellis-Evans
- Christina Sgouromiti
- Soloup (Antonis Nikolopoulos)
- Yannis Tentzeris
- Ethan Schmidt
- Nina Houle
- Sam Adam
- Emrecan Çelik
- Gregory Tsolakis
This project was supported by an SFU FASS Kickstarter Grant, by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU and by Gefyra, an SNF-funded collaboration between SFU and UCLA.
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