18 Facts About Dimitrios Kalapothakis

Dimitrios Kalapothakis was a Greek-American journalist, diplomat, translator, foreign correspondent, author, playwright, and founder of multiple Greek newspapers.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis was a prominent member of the Evangelical church in Greece.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis played a critical role in the Paris Peace Conference.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis wrote an important book entitled Greece Before the Conference.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis was the son of a Protestant missionary from Massachusetts Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis's father was a Greek surgeon and Evangelical minister Michael D Kalopothakis.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis's father founded the Christian magazine Asteri tis Anatolis.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis completed high school in Athens in 1883 after which he traveled to the United States and attended Roxbury Latin School in Boston graduating in 1884.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis traveled back and forth to Greece helping his father start a newspaper in Volos in 1885 entitled Simaia.

In 1888 Dimitrios Kalapothakis graduated from Harvard University with a degree in journalism.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis traveled to Germany and obtained a doctorate degree from the University of Berlin in 1893 while training in the field of international affairs and diplomacy.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis became one of the most well-known newspaper personalities in Greece.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis participated in combatting Bulgarian influence in Macedonia by providing guns, money, and equipment to the Greek fighters.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis was the leader of the committee until its final dissolution in 1908.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis wrote an important book entitled Greece Before the Conference using the pseudonym Polybius, in March 1919.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis remained in this position for eleven years and retired when he reached 65.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis lectured all over Europe and the United States.

Dimitrios Kalapothakis died in Athens in 1946 at the age of 78 years old.