Helena Schilizzi

[1][2][3][4] In 1917, Helena Schilizzi endowed the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, a professorship at King's College London, to promote studies in modern Greek literature and history.

[7] Schilizzi donated money for hospitals, theatres, schools, and for war relief and other emergencies in Greece.

[8] One of her London houses in Grosvenor Square was used as a Greek embassy, during the tenure of diplomat and writer Giorgos Seferis.

Today there are Schilizzi Foundation Scholarships named in her memory, awarded to students of Greek nationality studying at King's College London.

[13] In Crete (her husband's homeland) the Elena Venizelou Prize is named in her memory, and awarded to advanced music students.