Background
He was born in 1866 in the north-west Peloponnese, in the town of Lechaina in Elis.
He was born in 1866 in the north-west Peloponnese, in the town of Lechaina in Elis.
He studied medicine.
He was a naturalist, like Alexandros Papadiamantis. As an army doctor, he travelled across a great range of villages and settlements, from which he recorded traditions and legends. He died on October 10, 1922 of laryngeal cancer.
Several streets in Greece have been named after him, for instance in Pyrgos.