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Ilias Tantalides (1818‒76) was a Greek poet and professor at the theological seminary on the island of Halki near Constantinople (present-day Heybeli Ada, near Istanbul). Besides poetry, he wrote many works related to religion and was an advisor to the Greek Patriarchate. Eugène Boré (1809‒78) was a noted orientalist, Catholic priest, and scholar who studied Armenian, Turkish, Bulgarian, and other languages. As a missionary he investigated the status of Catholics living in the Ottoman Empire and wrote a number of reports, including his most famous Question des lieux ...