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Antonis Benakis
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Antonis Benakis was born in 1873 in <a href="/facts/Alexandria/hdg1twWA">Alexandria</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Khedivate_of_Egypt/nrRH0px9">Khedivate of Egypt</a>, and was the son of businessman, politician and magnate <a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Benakis/Y2FXDRX8">Emmanuel Benakis</a> and <a href="/facts/Chios/haUoPNCV">Chios</a> born mother Virginia (née Choremi).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> He was a member of the <a href="/facts/Benakis/yRByfIs3">Benakis</a> and Choremi families and he grew up in the strict climate of the family home in Alexandria, about the daily life of which several testimonies are preserved through the books of his sister, <a href="/facts/Penelope_Delta/XkMT9CM7">Penelope Delta</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>He moved permanently to Athens in 1926. It is certain that Antonis Benakis, the founder of the Benaki Museum, was influenced by the example of his father <a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Benakis/Y2FXDRX8">Emmanuel Benakis</a> (1843–1929), and the great statesman <a href="/facts/Eleftherios_Venizelos/dSFGyNa7">Eleftherios Venizelos</a> (1864–1936), a close friend and colleague.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>During his own lifetime Benakis donated the museum that he created to the Greek state, now the <a href="/facts/Benaki_Museum/IvwQj2WL">Benaki Museum</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Benakis pursued a continuous involvement, until his death, in enriching and improving the organization of the museum's holdings, and his role in ensuring its financial security.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Benakis was a member of the <a href="/facts/World_Scout_Committee/yXIj6kI9">World Scout Committee</a> of the <a href="/facts/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement/yXIj6kI9">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> from 1949 until 1951. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul> <li>Scouting portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071205083605/http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en">The Benaki Museum</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Athens: A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-902669-81-6. <a href="978-1-902669-81-6" target="_blank">978-1-902669-81-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Tastsoglou, Evangelia (2009). Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives: Labor, Community, and Identity in Greek Migrations. Lexington Books. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7391-2541-0. <a href="978-0-7391-2541-0" target="_blank">978-0-7391-2541-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Athens: A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-902669-81-6. <a href="978-1-902669-81-6" target="_blank">978-1-902669-81-6</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Tastsoglou, Evangelia (2009). Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives: Labor, Community, and Identity in Greek Migrations. Lexington Books. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7391-2541-0. <a href="978-0-7391-2541-0" target="_blank">978-0-7391-2541-0</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Antonis Benakis biographic information on Benaki Museum website". Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-08. <a href="https://archive.today/20120719233537/http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?id=40102&sid=0&cat=0&lang=en" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120719233537/http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?id=40102&sid=0&cat=0&lang=en</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Grummond, Nancy Thomson de (2015-05-11). Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-134-26854-2. <a href="978-1-134-26854-2" target="_blank">978-1-134-26854-2</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Grummond, Nancy Thomson de (2015-05-11). Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-134-26854-2. <a href="978-1-134-26854-2" target="_blank">978-1-134-26854-2</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>