Background
Ioannis Svoronos was born in 1863 on the island of Mykonos.
anthropologist archaeologist numismatist university professor
Ioannis Svoronos was born in 1863 on the island of Mykonos.
He studied the latter in the universities of Berlin, London and Paris (1883–1887).
After completing school he enrolled in the Law School of the University of Athens, but abandoned his studies to dedicate himself to archaeology and numismatics. On his return to Greece he was hired by the Numismatic Museum of Athens, where he worked until his death, serving also as its director from 1899. In 1918–1920 he was also Professor of Numismatics at the University of Athens.
From 1898 he published the journal Journal International d’Archéologie Numismatique.
