{{Short description|Greek ambassador (1883–1962)}} right|frameless '''Alexander G. Argyropoulos''' (1883–1962)<ref>''[http://www.abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011]'', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819000841/http://abps.org.uk/Awards/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists/RDP_Background_20111231_LR.pdf Archived here.]</ref> was a Greek ambassador. Born in London, he was the son of the Greek ambassador to the United Kingdom. He trained as an agricultural engineer. In his spare time he was a noted philatelist.<ref>P.D.Cangelaris, [http://www.cangelaris.com/lefi.htm "Dictionary of Greek Philatelists"], Athens 1982, p. 24 (in Greek language).</ref> From 1952 to 1956, he was Greek Ambassador to Italy.<ref>''Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)'', [https://www.mfa.gr/italy/it/the-embassy/history/former-ambassadors.html former ambassadors][https://www.mfa.gr/italy/presveia/history/diatelesantes-presbeis.html Διατελέσαντες Πρέσβεις]</ref>
==Philately== Argyropoulos was largely responsible for the Greek section of the ''Kohl Briefmarken-Handbuch''. He was joint-editor of ''Philotelia'' from 1953 and an early member of the Hellenic Philotelic Society<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hps.gr/en/people_rdp.htm |title=Hellenic Philotelic Society - People |website=www.hps.gr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311044251/http://www.hps.gr/en/people_rdp.htm |archive-date=2009-03-11}} </ref> as well as a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London. He was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1954. He won the Grand Prix International for most outstanding exhibit in the Class of Honour at the STOCKHOLMIA 55 stamp exhibition for his display of the first Greek stamps.<ref>"The Three Previous Stockholmia World Philatelic Exhibitions" by Bengt Bengtsson, ''Bulletin 1'', STOCKHOLMIA2019, Sweden, 2017, pp. 30-33.</ref>
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