Konstantinos Negris was a writer, mathematician, physicist, and professor.
14 Facts About Konstantinos Negris
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Konstantinos Negris was one of the first professors at the newly founded University of Athens and introduced the works of Legendre and Hachette to Greek education, he was one of the first professors to study abroad; consequently, Greek students continued their studies in France and Germany.
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Konstantinos Negris personally intervened in the education of Greek mathematician Ioannis Papadakis.
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Konstantinos Negris's father was Ioannis Negris and his mother was Katerina Manou.
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Konstantinos Negris sent him to finish high school and higher education in Paris, France.
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Konstantinos Negris attended the prestigious French university known as the Ecole Polytechnique.
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Konstantinos Negris was exposed to the works of Gaspard Monge, Adrien-Marie Legendre, and Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette.
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Konstantino's first cousin Alexander Konstantinos Negris traveled to the United States.
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Konstantinos Negris was the first lecturer of Modern Greek at Harvard University in 1828.
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Konstantinos Negris became one of the first professors at the University of Athens.
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Konstantinos Negris stopped teaching in 1845 and continued to assist the newly founded Greek state diplomatically.
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Konstantinos Negris actively worked to reduce the homeless problem in Athens.
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Konstantinos Negris participated in the Greek elections of 1869 on an independent platform.
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Konstantinos Negris was opposed to the universal suffrage movement of the 1860s.