John Cocoris

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John Michael Cocoris September 17, 1877–1944) was a Greek businessman.

Born in Leonidio, he came to New York in 1895 to work in the sponge trade. In 1905, he introduced sponge diving to Tarpon Springs, Florida. Cocoris recruited Greek sponge divers from the Dodecanese Islands. By the 1930s, the sponge industry of Tarpon Springs was very productive, generating millions of dollars a year.

He died in 1944 in Duval County, Florida.

[edit] See also

• Greek American

[edit] References

• Leo Polopolu. A Brief History of Hellenism in Florida.

[edit] External links

• History of the Tarpon Sponge Industry
• Sponge fishing in Key West and Tarpon Springs