Theodoros Natsinas - Career

Career

He studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Athens, where he received his degree, possibly a Ph.D. After the completion of his studies in 1898, he taught at secondary schools in Argos and Spetses. In 1899, the University of Athens proposed to the Greek Government that he should be posted as a teacher at Kaisareia (Kayseri in Turkey) on a "national" mission to support the local Greek population. From 1903 to 1907 he taught at Constantinople.

At 1907 he served as director of a school in Siatista and took part in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia. He was arrested by the Ottoman authorities and taken to nearby city of Lapsista in West Macedonia. He was released after the intervention of the Greek Bishop of Sisanion and Siatista.

In the inter-war years, after West Macedonia became part of Greece, he taught in Kozani, founded the first Agricultural Cooperative there, and helped to set up the first Scouts team in West Macedonia - Greece. In 1918 he was appointed general Superintendent of Secondary Education of Greece.

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