Gegham Ter-Karapetian | |
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| Gegham Ter-Karapetian | |
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| Born | 1865 village of Kheybian, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | November 28, 1918 (aged 52–53) |
| Other names | Msho Gegham |
| Occupation(s) | writer and politician |
Gegham Ter-Karapetian (Armenian: Գեղամ Տեր-Կարապետեան) (1865-1918), better known by his pen name Msho Gegham (Մշոյ Գեղամ), was a writer and politician in the Ottoman Empire. He was ethnically Armenian.
Biography
Ter-Karapetian was born in 1865 in the village of Kheybian in Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire.[1]
He was a major writer of Western Armenian provincial literature.[2][3] He was also a respected journalist and statesman.[4]
Ter-Karapetian served as a deputy in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Remember (list of Armenian Genocide victims)". Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ J. Hacikyan, Agop J. Hacikyan (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times. Detroit: Wayne State Univ Pr. p. 565. ISBN 9780814332214. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ↑ Kaligian, Dikran Mesrob (2011). Armenian organization and ideology under Ottoman rule, 1908-1914 (Rev. ed.). New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412842457.
- ↑ Mouradian, George (1995). Armenian infotext (1st ed.). Southgate, Mich.: Bookshelf Publishers. ISBN 9780963450920. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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