Miltiadès Papamiltiadès ( el, Μιλτιάδης Παπαμιλτιάδης; Amfikleia, 1910 – 1987) was a Greek anatomist known for his studies of the

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. He was among the passengers of

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in 1945, fleeing from Greece to

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among with many Greek intellectuals to escape the

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1910 births 1987 deaths People from Amfikleia-Elateia Greek anatomists {{Greece-med-bio-stub