Elmas Boçe (1852 – 10 October 1925) was an
Albanian educator and a signatory of the
Albanian Declaration of Independence
The Albanian Declaration of Independence ( Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Ass ...
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Life
Born in
Gjirokastër
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in 1852 he studied in
Zosimea
The ''Zosimaia'' School ( el, Ζωσιμαία Σχολή, ''Zosimaía Scholí'') of Ioannina (in Epirus) has been one of the most significant Greek middle-level educational institutions (high schools) during the last period of Ottoman rule in t ...
and later in
Istanbul
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, capital of the
Ottoman Empire
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. A member of the Gjirokastër branch of the
League of Prizren
The League of Prizren ( sq, Besëlidhja e Prizrenit), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation ( sq, Lidhja për mbrojtjen e të drejtave te kombit Shqiptar), was an Albanian political organization which was offi ...
, he also funded one of the Albanian-language schools of the city ''Lirija''.
In 1911 he took part in the Assembly of Cepo and in 1912 was signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence.
He died on October 10, 1925 and rests in the village of Metan in Lushnjë.
References
*''History of Albanian People''.
Albanian Academy of Science.
19th-century Albanian educators
20th-century Albanian educators
1852 births
1925 deaths
Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
People from Gjirokastër
People from Janina vilayet
Zosimaia School alumni
Albanian educators
All-Albanian Congress delegates
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