Son of John & Maria Jannopoulo, he was educated in Smyrna, an ancient city of great classical beauty whose founding is credited to Alexander the Great. Presently the city is known as Izmir, Turkey.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1871, at the age of 27. In 1892, in Chicago, he took as his wife Helen Phiambolis, daughter of the Rev. Oiconomos Phiambolis, priest of the Greek Church of St. Louis. He purchased the patent on an apparatus for heating buildings & continued in that business until 1873. That year he established, on a small scale, the Missouri Tent & Awning Co. which came to be the largest company of its kind in the US.
By the time of the World's Fair of 1904 he had been appointed consul of the Greek govern-ment, a position he held for many years. At the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, he had been the Royal Greek Commissioner. King George I of Greece bestowed upon him
The Cross of Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Savior. President of the Greek Community in St. Louis. President of the Greek Church of St. Louis.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1871, at the age of 27. In 1892, in Chicago, he took as his wife Helen Phiambolis, daughter of the Rev. Oiconomos Phiambolis, priest of the Greek Church of St. Louis. He purchased the patent on an apparatus for heating buildings & continued in that business until 1873. That year he established, on a small scale, the Missouri Tent & Awning Co. which came to be the largest company of its kind in the US.
By the time of the World's Fair of 1904 he had been appointed consul of the Greek govern-ment, a position he held for many years. At the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, he had been the Royal Greek Commissioner. King George I of Greece bestowed upon him
The Cross of Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Savior. President of the Greek Community in St. Louis. President of the Greek Church of St. Louis.
Son of John & Maria Jannopoulo, he was educated in Smyrna, an ancient city of great classical beauty whose founding is credited to Alexander the Great. Presently the city is known as Izmir, Turkey.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1871, at the age of 27. In 1892, in Chicago, he took as his wife Helen Phiambolis, daughter of the Rev. Oiconomos Phiambolis, priest of the Greek Church of St. Louis. He purchased the patent on an apparatus for heating buildings & continued in that business until 1873. That year he established, on a small scale, the Missouri Tent & Awning Co. which came to be the largest company of its kind in the US.
By the time of the World's Fair of 1904 he had been appointed consul of the Greek govern-ment, a position he held for many years. At the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, he had been the Royal Greek Commissioner. King George I of Greece bestowed upon him
The Cross of Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Savior. President of the Greek Community in St. Louis. President of the Greek Church of St. Louis.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1871, at the age of 27. In 1892, in Chicago, he took as his wife Helen Phiambolis, daughter of the Rev. Oiconomos Phiambolis, priest of the Greek Church of St. Louis. He purchased the patent on an apparatus for heating buildings & continued in that business until 1873. That year he established, on a small scale, the Missouri Tent & Awning Co. which came to be the largest company of its kind in the US.
By the time of the World's Fair of 1904 he had been appointed consul of the Greek govern-ment, a position he held for many years. At the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, he had been the Royal Greek Commissioner. King George I of Greece bestowed upon him
The Cross of Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Savior. President of the Greek Community in St. Louis. President of the Greek Church of St. Louis.
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