Nicolae Bălcescu National College

picture info	Nicolae Bălcescu National College Nicolae Bălcescu National College ( ro, Colegiul Național Nicolae Bălcescu) is a high school located at 182 Alexandru Ioan Cuza Boulevard, Brăila, Romania. History The school traces its origins to 1863, when it was founded as a ''Realschule'' with two grades. It became a four-year classical gymnasium in 1867, with a fifth grade added for students wishing to pursue a business career. Another change in 1871 turned the institution into a four-year commercial school. This lasted until 1873, when the city gymnasium was inaugurated. The national government took over in 1880; within three years, all grades offered science courses. The 1888 addition of a fifth grade made it into a ''real'' high school, the country's first. In 1895, the school was dedicated to Nicolae Bălcescu.History at the Nicolae Bălcescu National College site In 1900, the school r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Virgil I Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' (or ''Bucolics''), the ''Georgics'', and the epic ''Aeneid''. A number of minor poems, collected in the ''Appendix Vergiliana'', were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars consider his authorship of these poems as dubious. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably Dante's ''Divine Comedy'', in which Virgil appears as the author's guide through Hell and Purgatory. Virgil has been traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His ''Aeneid'' is also considered a national epic of ancient Rome, a title held since composition. Life and works Birth and biographical tradition Virgil's biographical tradition is thought to depend on a lost biography by the Roman poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mihail Polihroniade Mihail Polihroniade (September 17, 1906 – September 22–23, 1939) was a Romanian historian and journalist. Born in Brăila, he graduated from the law faculty of the University of Bucharest and worked as a lawyer. Initially a communist sympathizer, he later embraced the far right and joined the Iron Guard. In the press, he contributed ideological articles as well as commentary on foreign events. Together with Petru Comarnescu, Ionel Jianu and Constantin Noica, he published ''Acțiune și reacțiune'' magazine from 1929 to 1930; ''Axa'' appeared under his guidance in 1933. He was editing secretary from ''Vremea'', editor at ''Buna Vestire'', and wrote for numerous publications, among them ''Politica'', ''Ultima oră'', ''Cuvântul'', ''Gândirea'', ''Universul literar'', ''Tiparnița literară'', ''Azi'', ''Cuvântul Argeșului'', ''Cuvântul studențesc'', ''Calendarul'', ''Sânziana'' and '' Iconar''. He belonged to the circle surrounding ''Criterion'' magazine. Together with Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Gheorghe Petrașcu Gheorghe Petrașcu (; 20 November 1872, Tecuci – 1 May 1949, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Biennale. He was the brother of N. Petrașcu, a literary critic and novelist. In 1936, Petrașcu was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Tecuci, Romania, in a family with cultural traditions. His parents were small owners from Fălciu County, Costache Petrovici-Rusciucliu and his wife Elena, maiden name Bițu-Dumitriu. Brother of the diplomat, writer and literary and art critic Nicolae Petrașcu, Gheorghe Petrașcu shows artistic inclinations as a young man, doing his first studies at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. At the recommendation of Nicolae Grigorescu, he receives a scholarship to improve abroad. After a short time in Munich, he left for Paris, where he enrolled at the Académie Julian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ștefan Petică Ștefan Petică (; January 20, 1877 – October 17, 1904) was a Romanian Symbolist poet, prose writer, playwright, journalist and socialist activist. Born in the countryside of Tecuci, he early displayed a voracious appetite for literature and philosophy. After high school, he made his way to the national capital Bucharest, where university studies soon gave way to low-paid newspaper work. Petică published one volume of poetry before his premature death, and left his mark as one of the first exponents of the domestic Symbolist movement. Biography Origins, education and intellectual influences Born in Bucești, Galați County, his parents were the free peasants (''răzeși'') Ianache and Catinca Petică. He attended primary school in nearby Liești, followed by the D. A. Sturdza gymnasium in Tecuci (1888–1892) and the Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila (1892–1896). Petică obtained his high school degree in Bucharest in 1898. He enrolled at the University of Buch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Perpessicius Perpessicius (; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer. One of the prominent literary chroniclers of the Romanian Interwar period, interwar, he stood apart in his generation for having thrown his support behind the Modernist literature, modernist and avant-garde currents of Literature of Romania, Romanian literature. As a theorist, Perpessicius merged the tenets of Symbolism (arts), Symbolism with the pragmatic Conservatism, conservative principles of the 19th century ''Junimea'' society, but was much-criticized over perceptions that, in the name of aesthetic relativism, he tolerated literary failure. Also known as an anthologist, biographer, museologist, folklorist and book publisher, he was, together with George Călinescu, one of his generation's best-known researchers to have focused on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cezar Papacostea Cezar Papacostea (1886–July 6, 1936) was an ethnic Aromanian classicist and translator living in Romania. He was born in Malovišta (''Mulovishti''), a village in the Ottoman Empire's Manastir Vilayet that today forms part of North Macedonia's Bitola Municipality. His parents were Teofana (''née'' Tonu) and Gușu Papacostea-Goga, both Aromanians and schoolteachers. The family was deeply cultured, and his several brothers pursued distinguished careers: Alexandru became a professor of political economy at Cernăuți University, Petre was a jurist who held important administrative offices and Victor became a historian and professor of Balkan studies at the University of Bucharest. After emigrating to the Kingdom of Romania as a child, Papacostea attended primary and high school in Brăila from 1892 to 1906. From that point until 1910, he studied at the literature and philosophy faculty in Bucharest; Iuliu Valaori was one of his professors. After graduation, he became a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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. 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. 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. A high school in Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The Sud-Est (development region), ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian ... is named "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci" in his honor. Bibliography * Ioana Frunte-Lată, ''Oameni de știin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ștefan Minovici Ștefan Minovici (July 18, 1867 – December 29, 1935) was a Romanian chemist. The brother of Mina Minovici and Nicolae Minovici, he became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1925. Education Minovici was born in Râmnicu Sărat into a family of Aromanian origin. After studying at the gymnasium in Brăila from 1875 to 1882, he moved to Bucharest, where he completed his high school studies at Saint Sava National College in 1887. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Bucharest, majoring in physics and chemistry, and received a B.S. in 1893. The year after he went to study at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin under Emil Fischer, graduating in 1897. Career In 1899 Minovici joined the faculty at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. In 1912 he was promoted to full professor at the University of Bucharest, while in 1925 he became director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the university. At that time he founded the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mina Minovici Mina Minovici (; April 30, 1858 – April 25, 1933) was a Romanian forensic scientist, known for his extensive research regarding cadaverous alkaloids, putrefaction, simulated mind diseases, and criminal anthropology. Studies He was born in Brăila into a family of Aromanians, Aromanian origin, older brother of Ștefan Minovici and Nicolae Minovici. After graduating from the Superior School of Pharmacy he worked as pharmacist for the Eforie Civilian Hospitals. He then attended the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, graduating in 1885. Right after that he started his forensic training at the University of Paris with Professor Paul Brouardel, and soon after he became his assistant and advisee. Minovici defended his Ph.D. thesis, titled ''Etude médico-légale sur la mort subite à la suite de coups sur l'abdomen et le larynx'', on June 7, 1888. Career In 1889 Minovici was appointed assistant in the Chemistry Department at University of Medicine and Phar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Leon Feraru Leon Feraru (born Otto Engelberg,Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', Vol. I, p. 580. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. Ghena Pricop, "Personalități ale Comunității Evreiești din Brăila", in Hristian ''et al.'', p. 238 also credited as L. Schmidt; 1887 – 1961 or 1962) was a Romanian and American poet, literary historian and translator. Cultivating proletarian literature while frequenting the Symbolist movement, he displayed both his origins in the Romanian Jewish underclass and his appreciation for the wider Romanian culture. He popularized the latter with his work in America, having left in 1913 to escape antisemitic pressures. A translator, publicist, and public lecturer, he was involved with the Romanian press of New York City, and eventually as a Romance studies academic at Columbia and Long Island. Feraru's poetry, collected in two volumes, mixes Romanian patriotism, traditionalist references, and modern industrial aesthetics. Bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mihu Dragomir Mihu Dragomir (pen name of Mihail Constantin Dragomirescu; April 24, 1919 – April 9, 1964) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. A native of Brăila on the Bărăgan Plain, he was heavily influenced by the worldview of an older novelist, Panait Istrati, as well as by the poetic works of Mihai Eminescu and Edgar Allan Poe. He debuted in his early teens, and, before turning 19, had self-published his first volume of verse, also putting out the literary magazine ''Flamura''. The late 1930s and early '40s saw his sympathy for, and finally engagement with, Romanian fascism—he joined the literary circle ''Adonis'', founded by former members of the Crusade of Romanianism, and, during the "National Legionary State" of 1940, openly adhered to the Iron Guard. Rebelliousness interfered with Dragomir's educational path, but he recovered enough to train as a sapper, then as a junior officer, in the Romanian Land Forces. He fought in their ranks for the remainder of World War II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]