John Cocoris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Cocoris

Greek businessman

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1877

Place of Birth: Arcadia Prefecture, Peloponnese Region, Greece

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1944

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Michael Cocoris (Greek: G?????? ??????? ????????; September 17, 1877 – 1944) was a Greek businessman. Born in Leonidio, he came to New York City in 1895 to work in the sponge trade.
In 1896, he worked with John K.
Cheyney in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
In 1905, he introduced sponge diving to the area and 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.