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Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci

Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci (July 20, 1872 – March 5, 1925) was a renowned Romanian geologist, founder of the South-Eastern European Studies Institute in Bucharest. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.

Bust of Munteanu Murgoci in Bucharest

Munteanu Murgoci was a native of Măcin, Tulcea County. He studied at the Saint Sava High School and then at the University of Bucharest.[1] As part of a group of professors, physicians, soldiers, and others, he helped bring Scouting to Romania.

A high school in Brăila is named "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci" in his honor.[2]

Bibliography

  • Ioana Frunte-Lată, Oameni de știință tulceni – Mic dicționar biobibliografic, Tulcea, 2015, p 94-101

Notes

  1. ^ "Orașul Măcin – Personalități". www.macin.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci – Istoric". www.cngmm.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 19, 2020.