Person:Basilius Argyras (1)

Research notes

• possibly named after Basil Argyros, a Byzantine nobleman of the Argyros family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Deceased during the year ending in Jul 1867 [1], in Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College.

   1840.
   BA8ILIU8 ABGTRAS was born in Epirus, Greece, April 15,
   1816, and died in San Francisco, CaL, January, 1866.
   He was sent to this country by the American missionary,
   Rev. Dr. King, and entered the class at the commencement of
   Sophomore year. Soon after graduating, he returned to
   Greece, and was engaged in some revolutionary movements.
   In 1842, coming again to America, he entered into business in
   Boston, first as a clerk in a wholesale leather establishment,
   and afterward on his own account.
   In 1849 he sailed for California, but was wrecked in the
   Straits of Magellan. He, however, reached San Francisco, and
   there settled. His last days were qlouded with sickness and
   poverty. He was never married