Filippos Dragoumis (1890-1980) was born in Athens (Greece). Son of Stefanos Dragoumis, a politician and prime minister of Greece, he studied Law at the University of Athens and started his career as a diplomat, serving as vice-consul at the Greek Consulate General of Alexandria in 1916. He was later involved in politics, just like his older brother, Ion Dragoumis. He was elected Member of Parliament and was appointed minister on several occasions. He published numerous articles and several other works. He was married to Eleni Valaoriti and had two children. He died in Athens.
Ion Dragoumis (1878-1920) came from an upper-class family of politicians. He studied Law and worked as a diplomat, having served in Alexandria (Egypt), Istanbul (Turkey), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and elsewhere. During his service in various cities of Macedonia (Bitola [Monastiri], Serres, etc.), he contributed to the organisation of the Greek Struggle in Macedonia. He wrote prose, he was a demoticist, and one of the founders of the “Educational Association”. He was the publisher of the review Politiki Epitheorisis. He was a victim of the National Schism and was murdered in central Athens (Greece) in 1920.
Journal of Alexandria (Egypt), first published in 1895 by Argyrios Drakopoulos and directed by Georgios V. Tsokopoulos. C. P. Cavafy was one of the authors who published in the journal.
The artistic and literary company “Eleftheres Taseis” was founded in order to promote cultural life in Alexandria (Egypt). Its members included Stratis Tsirkas, Georgios Papoutsakis and Georgios Agallianos.
The Athenian newspaper Eleftheron Vima was founded in 1922 by a group of people including Georgios Roussos, Alexandros Diomidis, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Dimitrios Lambrakis et al. Its circulation was discontinued in 1944. It was published again in 1945 under the name To Vima, which it has retained to this day.
Ethnos [Nation] was an Athenian newspaper published from 1913 to 1970. The publication of the newspaper was discontinued during 1916-1917 and then again in 1941, due to the Nazi occupation of Greece.
Joseph John Elliott (1835-1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry (1840-1897) established the Elliott & Fry photographic company in London (England) in 1863. The company had often employed well-known photographers. The studio was bombed during World War II and most of the early negatives were destroyed.
Elpis was a newspaper published in Alexandria (Egypt) from 1873 to 1902, with the exception of a short interim period, when its distribution was discontinued, following the death of his owner, P. Kazotis.
Ermis was a newspaper published by S. S. Rodinos from 1887 to 1902. It was one of the oldest newspapers of Cairo (Egypt).
Ethnos was an Athenian newspaper published from 1913 to 1970. The publication of the newspaper was discontinued during 1916-1917 and then again in 1941, due to the Nazi occupation of Greece.