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John Mavrogordato
A classicist and historian at Oxford, he wrote with deep knowledge of Greece and a clear interest in its modern history as well as its literary past.
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The World in Chains: Some Aspects of War and Trade
by John Mavrogordato
About the author
John Nicolas Mavrogordato (1882–1970) was a classical scholar and historian who became Oxford’s second Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek and a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
Archive records at the Bodleian Library describe his papers as including notes and chapters on Greek history, material on Germany in Greece, and correspondence in English and modern Greek. Those records also identify him as a scholar whose work connected ancient, Byzantine, and modern Greek culture.
He is associated with books including Cassandra in Troy and Modern Greece: A Chronicle and a Survey, 1800–1931, which reflect both his literary interests and his engagement with Greek history.