Antonios Miliarakis (7 April 1841 – 8 April 1905) was a

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geographer, academic and historian of the 19th century. He was distinguished for his studies in

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and

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Biographical information

He was born in

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on 7 April 1841. He studied jurisprudence at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

and graduated in 1864.Dermitzaki, Aikaterini (2013), p. 213. He worked as historian, geographer and professor of jurisprudence at the University of Athens whilst he was working as stenographer in

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(since 1862), until his death. The period from 1867 to 1868, Miliarakis served as secretary of the “''Central Committee''”, which was directing the Cretan Revolt that was in progress while in 1879 he participated in the trilateral commission that was sent from

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(then under Ottoman rule) to negotiate the determination of the new borders between the two states. In 1882, he was one of the founding members of the

Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

,National Historical Museum of Greece: History (Greek).
in which he was curator and later secretary. His research work on historical and geographical issues was of great importance. He died on April 8, 1905, in

where he was buried.

Works

Miliarakis wrote a large number of history and geography books which are distinguished for the scientific methodology and the emphasis on historical, ethnological, demographic, cultural and folklore elements.Dermitzaki, Aikaterini (2013), p. 214. He was awarded by the “Society for the advancement of Hellenic studies” (“Σύλλογος προς προαγωγήν των ελληνικών σπουδών”) of

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for three of his works; “''Κυκλαδικά''” (“Kykladika”) (

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), “''Νεοελληνική γεωγραφική φιλολογία, ήτοι, κατάλογος των από του 1800-1889 γεωγραφηθέντων υπό Ελλήνων''” (“''Neohellenic geographical philology, catalogue of the geographical literature since 1800 until 1889 by Greeks''”, 1889) and the “''Ιστορία του βασιλείου της Νικαίας και του Δεσποτάτου της Ηπείρου''” (“History of the Kingdom of Nicaea and the

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”). Antonios Miliarakis also wrote the following: «Υπομνήματα περιγραφικά των Κυκλάδων νήσων κατά μέρος» (“Descriptive memoranda of the Cyclades islands”) (1880, 1901), «''Ολίγαι λέξεις περί της καταγωγής του Σκενδέρμπεη''» (“''A few words about the origin of

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''”) (1876) where he tried to refute the arguments of German historians about the Slavic origin of Skanderbeg, “''Γεωγραφία Πολιτική Νέα και Αρχαία του Νομού Κεφαλληνίας''” (“''New and Ancient Political Geography of Kefallinia Prefecture''”), etc.

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External links

National Historical Museum of Greece.Miliarakis Antonios.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miliarakis A Greek geographers 19th-century Greek historians 1841 births 1905 deaths Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greek Byzantinists Scholars of Byzantine history People from Athens