Marinos Korgialenios
Marinos Korgialenios (different spelling: Corgialegno, Greek Μαρίνος Κοργιαλένειος ; * 1830 in Argostoli ; † 1910 in London ) was a Greek entrepreneur and patron.
biography
The early death of his father when Marinos was 11 years old and the subsequent impoverishment of the family forced him to drop out of school at the age of 17 and to work for English trading houses in Smyrna and then in Odessa from 1846 to 1849 . He later met the daughter of a rich Greek merchant in London and settled there from 1872. He accepted the post of vice director of a bank to study the British financial system and then opened the stockbrokerage office of M. Corgialegnos & Co. By the time the financial crisis of 1868 broke out, Korgialenios had already invested all of his fortune in works of art and jewelry and was thus able to end the crisis survive unscathed.
He gained notoriety through the foundation of numerous public institutions such as schools, sports facilities and libraries and the donation of all his remaining assets to the Greek state. To this day, many institutions in Greece bear his name, including the Korgialenios library in Argostoli.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korgialenios, Marinos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corgialegno, Marinos; Κοργιαλένειος, Μαρίνος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek entrepreneur and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argostoli |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1910 |
| Place of death | London |