MANOLIS CHATZIDAKIS Art historian; (b. Heraklion / Crete, 15 November 1909 – d. Athens, 01 March 1998)

Director of the Benaki Museum (Athens) from the foundation 1941; director of the First Ephoria of Byzantine Antiquities; director of The Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens) from 1960

Membership of SASA: Department of Historical Sciences; foreign member from 22 May 1975

Awards and recognitions:  dr. h. c. of the universities of Athens and Brussels

Obituary: God/SANU 105 (1999) 673-676 (G. Subotić)