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Dimitrios Vikelas
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Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)
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Dimitrios Vikelas, also known by his native name Δημήτριος Βικέλας, was a Greek historian, writer, translator, and poet. Born in Ermoupolis in 1835, he held citizenship in Greece and was a member of the Greek ethnic group. He was educated at University College London and resided in Ermoupolis, Constantinople, Odesa, and London. Vikelas spoke English and Modern Greek.
He served as the president of the International Olympic Committee and held the position of president. His notable work includes the text *Loukis laras*. Vikelas received the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Order of the Redeemer, and the Order of the Dannebrog. He died in Athens in 1908. He was described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and was related to Pavlos Melas.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Loukis laras
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Pierre de Coubertin
- Born
- ( 1835-02-15 ) 15 February 1835, Ermoupoli , Greece
- Died
- 20 July 1908 (1908-07-20) (aged 73), Athens , Greece
- Spouse
- Kalliope Geralopoulou ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1866 )
- Occupation
- Businessman writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Demetrios
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Ermoupolis
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Native language
- Modern Greek
- Image
- Vikelas l.jpg
- Residence
- Athens
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- date of birth
- 1835-02-15
- date of death
- 1908-07-20
- ethnic group
- Greeks
- Commons category
- Demetrius Vikelas
- member of
- International Olympic Committee
- name in native language
- Δημήτριος Βικέλας
- relative
- Pavlos Melas
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Encyclopedic overview
Demetrios Vikelas (/vɪˈkɛlɑːs/; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας [viˈcelas]; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896.
After a childhood spent in Greece and Istanbul, he found fortune in London, where he married. He then moved to Paris, on account of his wife. Abandoning business, he dedicated himself to literature and history, and published numerous novels, short stories and essays, which earned him a distinguished reputation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dimitrios Vikelas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.