Spyridon Mavrogenis
Phanariot Greek doctor and scholar
Spyridon Mavrogenis Pasha (Greek: Σπυρίδων Μαυρογένης), in Turkish known as Ispiro Mavroyani, was a Phanariot Greek doctor who was the physician of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Constantinos Trompoukis and John Lascaratos described him as "a prolific scholar". He was fluent in Greek, French, and German.
History
A member of the Mavrogheni family, his great-grandfather was Petros Mavrogenis. His father died when he was young, so he lived with his uncle, Ioannis Mavrogenis, who was living in Vienna as the chargé d'affairs of the local Ottoman mission. He had studied at the Chalcis Commercial School prior to living with his uncle and at a medical studies programme in Vienna from 1835-1843. He initially remained in that city, working in city-owned hospital as an auxiliary doctor. He came back to Constantinople in 1845.
Whilst back in Turkey, he became a doctor in the Artillery Hospital, and then, beginning in 1848, a professor at the Imperial Medical School. He initially taught hygiene, and later pathology.
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