George Tofan ( – 15 July 1920) was a writer and official from Austro Hungary, the

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, and

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. He was the editor in chief of Școala magazine (1907); also, George Tofan was a journalist and official in

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Biography

George Tofan was born on , in

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(at the time in

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, now in

), studied in

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(1892–1900) and graduated from the Chernowitz University (1904). He contributed to ''

Junimea literară ''Junimea'' was a Romanian literary society founded in Iași in 1863, through the initiative of several foreign-educated personalities led by Titu Maiorescu, Petre P. Carp, Vasile Pogor, Theodor Rosetti and Iacob Negruzzi. The foremost personali ...

'' (1904), ''

Viața Românească ''Viața Românească'' (, "The Romanian Life") is a monthly literary magazine published in Romania. Formerly the platform of the left-wing traditionalist trend known as poporanism, it is now one of the Writers' Union of Romania's main venues. Th ...

'' (1906), ''

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'', and '' Foaia poporului'' (1909). On 31 January 1909 he became the president of the Teacher Training Resource Centre "George Tofan". Also, he was the secretary of "Societatea pentru Cultura și Literatura Română în Bucovina". In 1914, Tofan was appointed as an inspector for the Romanian private schools and director of a school from

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(today Dobrich). In 1917, together with

Onisifor Ghibu Onisifor Ghibu (May 31, 1883 – October 3, 1972) was a Romanian teacher of pedagogy, member of the Romanian Academy, and politician. Biography Early life Born into a peasant family in Szelistye (now Săliște, Romania), near Nagyszeben (now Si ...

, Tofan edited Școala Moldovenească in

; there he was a founder of the

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. On 6 November 1918 he was appointed as school inspector in Chișinău. In April 1919 Tofan was "Departamentul Instrucțiunii Publice din Bucovina" in

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, where he died a year later.

Honours

* Teacher Training Resource Centre “George Tofan”,

* "George Tofan" Publishing House,

Prezentarea editurii "George Tofan" Suceava
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References

Works

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Avram Iancu Avram Iancu (; hu, Janku Ábrahám; 1824 – September 10, 1872) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Mo ...

, viața și activitatea lui", 1901

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120 ani naștere George Tofan
1880 births 1920 deaths People from Suceava County Eastern Orthodox Christians from Romania Romanian writers Romanian schoolteachers Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Romania Ethnic Romanian politicians in Bukovina Austro-Hungarian people of World War I Austro-Hungarian journalists Austro-Hungarian writers 20th-century journalists {{Moldova-politician-stub