Spyridon Mavrogenis

Spyridon Mavrogenis Pasha[1] (Greek: Σπυρίδων Μαυρογένης), in Turkish known as Ispiro Mavroyani,[2] was a Phanariot Greek doctor who was the physician of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

He initially remained in that city, working in city-owned hospital as an auxiliary doctor.

[4] Whilst back in Turkey, he became a doctor in the Artillery Hospital, and then, beginning in 1848, a professor at the Imperial Medical School.

[1] George Anogianakis, author of "Reflections of Western Thinking on Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Thought: A Critique of the 'Hard-Problem' by Spyridon Mavrogenis, a Nineteenth Century Physiologist," wrote that the fact his son had such a coveted job "is indicative of Mavrogenis' influence".

[5] When his relationship with Abdul Hamid deteriorated, his son lost his envoy job.