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Spiridon or Spyridon Trikoupis ()(1788-1873) was a Greek author, orator and statesman, born at Missolonghi. Following his education in France and England, he became the secretary of the Earl of Guilford, Governor of the Ionian Islands. After 1821, he became a member of the provisional government. He was shortly Prime Minister of Greece in 1833.
His funeral oration on his friend Lord Byron, delivered in the cathedral of Missolonghi, was translated into many languages. He was the author of Istoria tis Ellinikis Epanastaseos (London, 1853-57), his masterpiece on the history of the Greek revolution. He was the father of Charilaos Trikoupis.
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