Louis Roussel (1881-1971) was a student of Psichari and a member of the École française d’Athènes, where he worked until 1925. That same year he was appointed professor of Greek Letters at the University of Montpellier (1925-1953). He published the journal Libre (1922-1936), while in 1922 he published a textbook of Modern Greek grammar in Paris (France). He translated poems of Cavafy into French and wrote critical essays on the poet’s work.
Newspaper of Limassol (Cyprus), first published in 1884 by Stylianos Chourmouzios.
Giannis A. Saregiannis (1898-1962) was born in Alexandria (Egypt) and studied in France. He returned to Egypt (1919-1920, 1929) and, as of 1930, he permanently settled in Greece. He knew Cavafy personally, admired the poet and wrote critical essays for his work. He was the founder of phytopathology in Greece, a discipline he taught at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and at the Agronomic School of Athens. He published scientific monographs.
Christopher Henry Oldham Scaife (1900-1988) was educated in London and Oxford (England). He taught at the Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Cairo (Fuad I University of Cairo) and at the American University of Beirut. He also served as advisor on educational matters to the government of Iraq. He published collections of poems and translated works by C. P. Cavafy, whom he met through E. M. Forster. He died in Italy.
Nestor Schaffers (1826-1896) was a painter (landscapist) and a photographer. He studied painting in Antwerp (Belgium) and Düsseldorf (Germany). He settled in Ghent (Belgium) in 1862, running his own photographic studio.