Chioniades, Gregory

Chioniades, Gregory
   Astronomer (q.v.) who worked in Constantinople and Trebizond (qq.v.) until he died around 1320. He journeyed to Tabriz, capital of the Mongol ruler of Persia (q.v.), Ghazan Khan (1295-1304), where he studied Persian astronomy, and then returned to Trebizond to train students in it.

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