 theofan stilian noli, better known as fan noli (january 6, 1882 â march 13, 1965) was an albanian-american writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, and founder of the albanian orthodox church, who served as prime minister and regent of albania in 1924 during the june revolution. fan noli is venerated in albania as a champion of literature, history, theology, diplomacy, journalism, music, and national unity. he played an important role in the consolidation of albanian as the national language of albania with numerous translations of world literature masterpieces.. his contribution to the english-language literature are also manifold: as a scholar and author of a series of publications on skanderbeg, shakespeare, beethoven, religious texts and translations. he acquired his education at harvard and was ordained priest in 1908, establishing thereby the albanian church and elevating the albanian language to ecclesiastic use. he briefly resided in albania after the 1912 declaration of independence. after world war i, noli led the diplomatic efforts for the reunification of albania and received the support of u.s. president wilson. later he pursued a diplomatic-political career in albania, successfully leading the albanian bid for membership in the league of nations. a respected figure who remained critical of corruption and injustice in the albanian government, fan noli was asked to lead the 1924 june revolution. he then served as prime minister until his revolutionary government was overthrown by ahmet zogu. he was exiled to italy and permanently settled in the united states in the 1930s, acquiring u.s. citizenship and agreeing to end his political involvement. he spent the rest of his life as an academician, religious leader and writer. ==origin== fan noli was born in 1882 in the albanian community of ibrik tepe, eastern thrace (then part of the ottoman empire) as theofanus stylianos mavromatis.{{harvnb|curtis|1994|p=465: "born theophanus stylianos mavromatis in imbrik-tepe, a predominantly albanian sett
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