Platon Ioseliani (November 15, 1810 – November 15, 1875) was a Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 historian.

Educated at St Petersburg Theological Academy, he then taught physics and philosophy at Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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 Theological Seminary and later served for the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus

Viceroyalty of the Caucasus

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. His articles were regularly published in the Russian and Georgian press. From 1845 to 1856, he edited the Tbilisi-based periodical Zakavkazsky Vestnik. In 1849, he made a trip to Greece

Greece

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 and visited the medieval Georgian Iviron Monastery

Iviron monastery

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 on Mount Athos

Mount Athos

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. He discovered and studied several old Georgian manuscripts, made substantial research into the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church and published the pieces of medieval and early modern Georgian literature. Beyond that, Iosseliani was the first scholar to have embarked on the study of evolution of the urban settlements in Georgia. ONe of his last major works, that on the reign of the last king of Georgia, George XII (1798-1800)

George XII of Georgia

George XII , sometimes known as George XIII , of the House of Bagrationi, was the last king of Georgia from 1798 until his death in 1800...

, was published posthumously in the Georgian magazine Iveria

Iveria

Iveria may refer to:*Caucasian Iberia, a Greek, Roman, and Byzantine name for ancient and medieval Georgia*An archaic name for Georgia used in Georgian ecclesiastic writings and poetry*VIA Iveria, a Georgian folk-music group from the 1970s...

in 1880.

Ioseliani was married to Princess Ana Bagration-Mukhraneli

House of Mukhrani

The house of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi of which it sprung early in the 16th century, and received in appanage the domain of Mukhrani located in Kartli, central Georgia...

(1839-1913).