# Timoleon Vassos

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Greek Army officer and general

Timoleon Vassos Timoleon Vassos c. 1914 Native name Τιμολέων Βάσσος or Βάσος Born c. 1836 Athens, Kingdom of Greece Died c. 1929 (aged 92–93) Athens, Second Hellenic Republic Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Branch Hellenic Army Rank Major General Commands Garrison Commander of Athens Wars Greco-Turkish War (1897) Cretan Revolt Alma mater Hellenic Military Academy Relations Vasos Mavrovouniotis (Father) Alexandros Vasos (Brother) Other work Aide-de-Camp to King George I

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**Timoleon Vassos** or **Vasos** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Τιμολέων Βάσσος or Βάσος; c. 1836–1929) was a [Hellenic Army](/source/Hellenic_Army) officer and general.

He was born in [Athens](/source/Athens) in 1836, the younger son of the hero of the [Greek Revolution](/source/Greek_Revolution) [Vasos Mavrovouniotis](/source/Vasos_Mavrovouniotis). He studied at the [Hellenic Military Academy](/source/Hellenic_Army_Academy) and continued his studies in [France](/source/France) before being appointed as *[aide de camp](/source/Aide_de_camp)* to King [George I](/source/George_I_of_Greece). In February 1897, as a [colonel](/source/Colonel), he was sent at the head of an expeditionary force to [Crete](/source/Crete) to assist the local Cretan revolt against the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire), an act which precipitated the outbreak of the [Greco-Turkish War of 1897](/source/Greco-Turkish_War_of_1897).[1] He eventually reached the rank of [Major General](/source/Major_general) and garrison commander of Athens.

Timoleon Vassos and his son in Crete c. 1897

He died in Athens in October 1929.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (2006-06-26). [*Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of Statesmanship*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vNKqBgAAQBAJ&dq=timoleon+vasos&pg=PA62). Edinburgh University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7486-2700-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-2700-4).

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