Pavlos Argyriadis (birth name: Panagiotis Argyriadis, August 14, 1849,

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- November 19, 1901,

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) was an ethnically

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lawyer, journalist and

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and

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intellectual who was active in

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during the late 19th century.

Biography

He was born in Kastoria,

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in 1849, probably in a wealthy family. He completed his high school studies in

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and then studied law in Paris, where he became a lawyer after becoming a French citizen. Argyriadis was one of the few Greek internationalists of that time who had a notable connection or participation in important revolutionary events in Europe including the

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in 1871. In Paris he defended accused workers and journalists. Among others, he had political relations with Platon Drakoulis and Stavros Kallergis. In 1889 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Revolutionary Party of France.

Publications

His works include the following brochures: * ''Concentration capitaliste, trusts et accaparements''. Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'', 1896. Off print from ''Almanach de la Question sociale'' of 1896 * ''Solution de la Question d'Orient. La Confédération balkanique, compte rendu de la conférence tenue au Grand-Orient de France sur cette question et la Macédoine, relation sur ce pays'' (together with

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). Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'', 1896. Off print from ''Almanach de la Question sociale'' of 1896 * ''Une cause célèbre. Affaire Souhain. Une mère qui, poussée par la misère étrangle ses enfants. Plaidorie''. Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'', 1895 * ''La crise du socialisme en Allemagne''. Paris, 1891 * ''La femme et le socialisme, traduction analytique de l'ouvrage de Bebel''. Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'' (firstly published in the periodical ''La Revue socialiste'' in 1889) * ''Essai sur le socialisme scientifique: critique économique de la production capitaliste''. Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'', 1890 * ''Le poète socialiste Eugène Pottier, ancien membre de la Commune''. Paris: edition of the periodical ''La Question sociale'', 1888 * ''La peine de mort, considérée aux point de vue philosophique, moral, légal et pratique chez Leroux.'' Paris, 1875, and several articles in the periodicals ''La Question sociale, Almanach de la Question sociale et de la libre penseé, La Revue socialiste.''

References

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