Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci

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.

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Orașul Măcin – Personalități". www.macin.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Herklots, John (2015). "Agnes Murgoci (1875-1929)" (PDF). Ryde Social Heritage Group.
  3. ^ "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci – Istoric". www.cngmm.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved July 19, 2020.