Anastasios Damvergis

Anastasios Damvergis (Greek: Αναστάσιος Κ. Δαμβέργης; 1857–1920) was an author, dean, chemist, pharmacist, and professor.

He wrote a 1200-page volume entitled Greek Pharmacopoeia outlining modern pharmaceutical formulas and remedies.

[1][2][3][4] Anastasios was born in Mykonos, his father was Cretan military commander Konstantinos Damvergis.

Anastasios returned to Greece and became a pharmacy professor at the University of Athens and became the chair of the department.

He also briefly taught at the Hellenic Naval Academy and Evelpidon; likewise, he assisted the Greek government regarding pharmaceutical affairs.

Anastasios came from a very prominent Greek family and showed an interest in the sciences from a young age.

Because he was an extraordinary student he continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg under Robert Bunson and Siegmund Gabriel.

Anastasios continued his studies at the University of Berlin under August Wilhelm von Hofmann and then traveled to Paris where he attended the Sorbonne under Charles Adolphe Wurtz.

He returned to Greece where he initially taught at Evelpidon and the Hellenic Naval Academy for ten years.

By 1894, he represented the Greek Government at the Scientific Congress in Brussels as the president of agricultural chemistry and presented an important essay on tobacco.