Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes

Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes (June 1, 1830 – December 16, 1871) was an American missionary, journalist, and translator.[1]

Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes
Born	Martha Hooper Blackler June 1, 1830 Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 16, 1871(1871-12-16) (aged 41) Athens, Greece
Occupation	missionary, journalist, translator
Language	English, Greek
Nationality	American
Genre	religious writing
Spouse	Michael Demetrius Kalopothakes ​ ( m. 1858)

Early years

Martha Hooper Blackler was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, June 1, 1830.[1] She was the daughter of Captain Francis Blackler. Having been converted early in life, she felt a deep interest in the cause of missions.[2]

Career

Michael Kalapothakis

In 1858, she married Rev. Michael Demetrius Kalopothakes (Μιχαήλ Δ. Καλοποθάκης; 1825–1911), M.D. of Athens, who had spent several years in the United States studying medicine and theology. After graduating as a Calvinist and Reformed theologian from the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, he returned, accompanied by his wife, as a Protestant missionary to his native land.[2] They had at least one child, a son, Francis Demetrius Kalopothakes (b. 1867).[3]

Kalopothakes became so proficient in the Greek language that she was able to correct the proof-sheets of the Star of the East, a weekly paper published by her husband who was the founder of the Greek Protestant church.[4][2] She translated books from the English and wrote articles for the Child's Paper, published also in Greek, and aided him in his correspondence with friends in England and the U.S. Though naturally somewhat timid, her gentleness of disposition, and unwearied devotion to the work upon which she had entered, drew the people to her, and her influence was widely felt among the Greek women. But her excessive labors affected her health so seriously that it became necessary for her to return with her husband and children to the U.S. for a brief respite. In August. 1871, she sailed again for her missionary field, but died in Athens, December 16, 1871, after a few months of labor.[2][5][1]

References

1. Herringshaw 1904, p. 543.
2. Appleton 1872, p. 592.
3. Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1888 1920, p. 73.
4. Rapatzikou 2008, p. 173.
5. Wilson & Fiske 1892, p. 492. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWilsonFiske1892 (help)

Attributions

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Appleton, D. (1872). The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry (Public domain ed.). D. Appleton.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1888 (1920). Harvard College Class of 1888 Secretary's Report (Public domain ed.). Rockwell and Churchill Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herringshaw, Thomas William (1904). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation ... (Public domain ed.). American Publishers' Association.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Kalopothakes, Martha Hooper Blackler" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Bibliography

• Rapatzikou, Tatiani (18 December 2008). Anglo-American Perceptions of Hellenism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-0273-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)