Spyridon Mavrogenis

Spyridon Mavrogenis Pasha , in Turkish known as Ispiro Mavroyani, was a Phanariot Greek doctor who was the physician of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was fluent in Greek, French, and German.

History A member of the Mavrogheni family, his great-grandfather was Petros Mavrogenis. His father died when he was young, so he lived with his uncle, Ioannis Mavrogenis, who was living in Vienna as the chargé d'affairs of the local Ottoman mission. He had studied at the Chalcis Commercial School prior to living with his uncle and at a medical studies programme in Vienna from 1835-1843. He initially remained in that city, working in city-owned hospital as an auxiliary doctor. He came back to Constantinople in 1845.

His son, Alexandros Mavrogenis, was a diplomat. When his relationship with Abdul Hamid deteriorated, his son lost his envoy job.

Honours In the title page of his monograph on Constantin Carathéodory, his titles are stated: Senator Order of Osmaniye, 1st class Order of Medjidie, 1st class, Knight of the Order of Distinction Grand Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of Vasa Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st class Commander of the Belgian Order of Leopold