Ioannis Svoronos was born in 1863 on the island of
Mykonos. After completing school he enrolled in the Law School of the
University of Athens, but abandoned his studies to dedicate himself to
archaeology and
numismatics. He studied the latter in the universities of Berlin, London and Paris (1883–1887). On his return to Greece he was hired by the
Numismatic Museum of Athens, where he worked until his death, serving also as its director from 1899. In 1918–1920 he was also Professor of Numismatics at the University of Athens. From 1898 he published the journal
Journal International d’Archéologie Numismatique. He was awarded the
medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1914, and the
Huntington Medal Award given by the
American Numismatic Society in 1921. He died in Athens in 1922. == Publications ==