Tess Fragoulis

Tess Fragoulis

female
From Montreal, immigrant to Canada, greek, novelist, bliss, crete…Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete
Tess Fragoulis is a Canadian writer and educator. Born in Heraklion, Crete, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, where she attended Concordia...
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

male, deceased (1655)
hebrew, interval, consonance and dissonance, Heraklion, Book of Numbers, Numbers
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (June 16, 1591 - October 16, 1655) was an author, physician, mathematician, and music theorist. Born in Candia, Crete, he...

Sir Robert McAlpine 1st Baronet

male, deceased (1934)
Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, Heraklion, crete, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, baronet, singer sewing machine
Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet (13 February 1847 - 3 November 1934), known as "Concrete Bob", founded the major construction firm now known as...

Elia del Medigo

male, deceased (1493)
Jewish, Greek Renaissance humanist, Renaissance, perugia, padua, platonist…Heraklion
Elia del Medigo (also called Elijah Delmedigo and sometimes known to his contemporaries as Helias Cretensis) (c. 1458 - c. 1493) was the last major...

Louis III, Cardinal of Guise

male, deceased (1621)
Roman Catholic bishop, House of Guise, bishop of Condom, French nobility, lyon, sinecure…Heraklion
Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (January 22, 1575 - June 21, 1621, Saintes) was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves. His...

Abraham III of Armenia

male, deceased (1737)
persian, crete, Oriental Orthodox Christian, Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicoi of Armenia, thrace…Heraklion
Catholicos Abraham III, known as Abraham of Crete, was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737. Born in Heraklion,...

Pietro Alcionio

male, deceased (1527)
Italian Renaissance humanist, John Watson, venetian, Classical scholar, greek, candia…Heraklion
Pietro Alcionio, or Petrus Alcyonitus (ca. 1487-1527), the Venetian humanist, was a classical scholar under the patronage of Pope Clement VII, a...

Ostasio Iii da Polenta

male, deceased (1447)
crete, ravenna, visconti, candia, Republic of Venice, Assassinated Italian…Heraklion
Ostasio III da Polenta was the last lord of Ravenna of the da Polenta family. The son of Obizzo da Polenta, he inherited Ravenna but under the...
Carolus Sigonius

Carolus Sigonius

male, deceased (1584)
Italian Renaissance humanist, University of Pavia, pavia, Classical scholar, greek, candia…Heraklion
Carolus Sigonius (Carlo Sigonio or Sigone) (c. 1524 - 1584) was an Italian humanist, born in Modena. Having studied Greek under the learned...

Heraklion

male, 29 years old (heraklion, Greece)
single, brown eyes, Dark brown hair