Timoleon Argyropoulos

He was born in Athens in 1847 and studied at the University of Athens. He graduated with a doctorate in physics and continued his studies from 1867-1872 until at Sorbonne in Paris, France. He returned to Greece and joined the University of Athens as a Privatdozent in 1884, temporary professor of physics in 1885 and a full professor in 1890.

He founded the first experimental physics lab at the University and is credited for having introduced the study of electricity in Greece. He also served as professor at the greek military academy as well as in the greek naval academy.

During 1909-10 he was Dean of the School of Sciences.[1] He also served as president of the Parnassos Literary Society[2] from 1880 until the end of his life.

He died on January 19, 1921, in Athens (according to Julian calendar – February 1st according to the current Gregorian calendar).

He wrote a number of physics textbooks in greek including:

• Ιστορία του ηλεκτρισμού από των αρχαιότατων χρόνων (1888)
• Φθορισμός του κυανιούχου καλιονατριολευκοχρύσου και κυανιούχου καλιολιθιολευκοχρύσου δια των ακτίνων Χ (1896)
• Συσκευή της διαφοράς θλαστικότητος των υγρών
• Περί διπλής διαθλάσεως και πολώσεως του φωτός (1891)
• Στοιχεία Φυσικής (1887)
• Πειραματική Φυσική (1891, 1894)

• Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Μιχαήλ Στεφανίδης, ed. (1948). Εκατονταετηρίς 1837 - 1937, Τόμος Ε΄, Ιστορία της Φυσικομαθηματικής Σχολής. Αθήναι: Πυρσός Α.Ε. pp. 19-20 (Β΄ Μέρος). Retrieved 30 May 2010.