Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci
Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci (July 20, 1872 – March 5, 1925) was a Romanian geologist, founder of the South-Eastern European Studies Institute in Bucharest. In 1923, he was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
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.
He married the British zoologist and folklorist Agnes Murgoci in 1904, together they had two children.[2]
A high school in Brăila is named "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci" in his honor.[3]
Bibliography
- Ioana Frunte-Lată, Oameni de știință tulceni – Mic dicționar biobibliografic, Tulcea, 2015, p 94–101
Notes
- ^ "Orașul Măcin – Personalități". www.macin.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ Herklots, John (2015). "Agnes Murgoci (1875-1929)" (PDF). Ryde Social Heritage Group.
- ^ "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci – Istoric". www.cngmm.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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