Theodoros Natsinas
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Scholar. He was born in Siatista
Siatista
Siatista is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Voio, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It lies 28 km southwest of the city Kozani. It was built on the austral...
, then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece.
His son was Lt General Alexandros Natsinas, the creator and first Director (1953-1963) of the Greek Central Intelligence Service.
Career
He studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Athens, where he received his degree, possibly a Ph.D.Ph.D.
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After the completion of his studies in 1898, he taught at secondary schools in Argos
Argos
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and Spetses
Spetses
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. In 1899, the University of Athens proposed to the Greek Government that he should be posted as a teacher at Kaisareia (Kayseri
Kayseri
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in Turkey) on a "national" mission to support the local Greek population. From 1903 to 1907 he taught at Constantinople
Constantinople
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.
At 1907 he served as director of a school in Siatista
Siatista
Siatista is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Voio, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It lies 28 km southwest of the city Kozani. It was built on the austral...
and took part in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Greek Struggle for Macedonia
The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts between Greeks and Bulgarians in the region of Ottoman Macedonia between 1904 and 1908...
. He was arrested by the Ottoman authorities and taken to nearby city of Lapsista in West Macedonia. He was released after the intervention of the Greek Bishop of Sisanion and Siatista
Siatista
Siatista is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Voio, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It lies 28 km southwest of the city Kozani. It was built on the austral...
.
In the inter-war years, after West Macedonia became part of Greece, he taught in Kozani
Kozani
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, founded the first Agricultural Cooperative there, and helped to setup the first Scouts team in West Macedonia - Greece. In 1918 he was appointed general Superintendent of Secondary Education of Greece.
Founding School in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
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. Initially, together with a partner, G. Karantanis, they took over the management of a school established by Stephanos Noukas (The Maraslion School of St. Noukas). At first, the school was known as the Natsinas - Karantanis School, but, subsequently, after the two partners split, the school was renamed the Theodoros Natsinas School.
He is the author of the book "Macedonian Itinerant Merchants in the Countries of Austria
Austria
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and Hungary
Hungary
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" (First edition 1939 Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
- Last edition 1961 from West Macedonia
West Macedonia
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newspaper of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
).
The municipality of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
honored him by naming a city street after him.
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