Lord Guilford

Lord Guilford (Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827) founder of the Ionian Academy.

The first Greek University started in his house in Metropoleos Street in 1823. It later moved to the Old Frourio and to the famous Ionian Academy building in 1840/1841.

Although there is a plaque outside the Academy building stating that the poet Andreas Kalvos "taught here", I'm not so sure that he did, as he had resigned his professorship before the Academy itself had actually opened in that building after its move from the Old Frourio. He did of course teach at the Academy.