The Greek Hospital St Sofronios: Benevolence and Community Building in the Cosmopolitan Milieu of late 19th‑and early 20th‑century Alexandria

The role of hospitals in promoting charity and philanthropy has not been fully documented in the existing historiography. Following the 1882 crisis in Egypt, Greeks in Alexandria founded a new hospital using British and Egyptian indemnities, loans and donor funds. By examining the operation of St So...

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Main Author: Georgios Argiantopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2024-02-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/12985
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