Arpiar Arpiarian was born in 1851 aboard a ship as his parents , who were originally from Akn ( an Armenian town on shore of the Euphrates prior to the Armenian Genocide ) , were traveling from Samsun to Constantinople . The family settled in the suburb of Ortaköy , where Arpiar attended the Tarkmanchats ( Թարգմանչաց ) Armenian school . In 1867 , he was sent to Venice to attend the Murat-Raphaelian ( Մուրատ-Ռափայէլեան ) school . At Murat-Raphaelian , he studied Armenian language and history under the tutelage of Ghevond Alishan . He also became familiarized with French and Italian literature . He graduated from the school and returned to Constantinople where he was offered a secretarial position at the Armenian Patriarchate . During this time , he also worked as an accountant . However , Arpiarian 's true calling was journalism and literature
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Arpiar Arpiarian