Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (born 1423)

Demetrios Chalkokondyles

Greek scholar (1423–1511)

Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Latinized as Demetrius Chalcocondyles and found variously as Demetricocondyles, Chalcocondylas or Chalcondyles, was one of the most eminent Greek scholars in the West. He taught in Italy for over forty years; his colleagues included Marsilio Ficino,…