Charles Atamian

Garabed Atamian was the second of five children of Mıgırdiç Atamian, a goldsmith and musician, and Mary Afker. He completed his early education at the Mkhitaryan Armenian School in Pera, Istanbul. He then attended the local French school Lycée de Saint-Benoit. He continued his education at the Murad Rafaelian Armenian School in the San Lazzaro Island at Venice, Italy, where between 1887 and 1893 h...