Georgios Akropolites

(1217? Constantinople, now TR – 1282 Constantinople, now TR)

Student of Blemmydes in Nicaea

Professor of philosophy at a school he founded in Constantinople

Byzantine Greek historian and diplomat, ambassador at the court of the Bulgarian Tsar Constantine

Chancellor of John III Doukas Vatatzes, emperor of Nicaea

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