Leon Melas

He excelled as Minister of Justice, Ecclesiastical Affairs and Education, as a university professor, magistrate and lawyer.

His most important work is considered the Gerostathis or memories of my childhood (1858), which was used for decades as a textbook.

Leon Melas was also chairman of the Council of the Educational Society and was the one who introduced the lesson of pedagogy in the Arsakeion college.

He left his legacy to many public welfare institutions and the rights to his books to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek Letters.

His wife was Rallou Nikolaou Thoma[4] and his nephews were Demetrios Vikelas and Pavlos Melas.