Antim I
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Antim I (Bulgarian: Антим I; 1816–1 December 1888), born Atanas Mihaylov Chalakov (Bulgarian: Aтанас Михайлов Чалъков), was a Bulgarian education figure and clergyman, and a participant in the Bulgarian liberation and church-independence movement.
Antim I was born in Lozengrad and later studied in the Halki seminary and in Odessa. He graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary in 1856.
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Antim Peak in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Antim I.
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