Career
He is credited with introducing new planting techniques first on Syros island and later in Ierapetra, Crete. He came to Ierapetra in 1966 and co-operated with local farmers. He introduced greenhouse techniques there, revolutionizing agricultural methods.
He died in a car accident on a highway near Ierapetra in 1971.
People in Ierapetra erected a bust of him on the road to Myrtos in his memory some years after his death. The Municipality of Ierapetra dedicated a street to his name.