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Simion Mehedinți (; October 19, 1868 – December 14, 1962) was a
, and at the
Simion Mehedinți (; October 19, 1868 – December 14, 1962) was a Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
n geographer, the founding father of modern Romanian geography, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy
The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
According to its byl ...
. A figure of importance in the ''Junimea
''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 ...
'' literary club, he was for a while editor of its magazine, ''Convorbiri Literare
''Convorbiri Literare'' ( Romanian: ''Literary Talks'') is a Romanian literary magazine published in Romania. It is among the most important journals of the nineteenth-century Romania.
History and profile
''Convorbiri Literare'' was founded by ...
'', and became a supporter of the fascist
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Iron Guard
The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly ...
.
He was born in Soveja
Soveja is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to ...
, Vrancea County
Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...
. After attending primary school in his native village, he went to study theology, first in Focșani
Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315.
Geography
Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...
, and then in Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, where he graduated from high school in 1888. He then enrolled at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest
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, graduating with a B.A.
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thesis on "J.J. Rousseau’s ideas on education." He then pursued his studies in Paris
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, with Paul Vidal de la Blache #REDIRECT Paul Vidal de La Blache #REDIRECT Paul Vidal de La Blache
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, with Ferdinand von Richthofen
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. In 1895, Mehedinți transferred to Leipzig University
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...
, where he completed a Ph.D. degree in early 1899, with thesis "Über die Kartographische Induction" written under the direction of Friedrich Ratzel
Friedrich Ratzel (August 30, 1844 – August 9, 1904) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for first using the term ''Lebensraum'' ("living space") in the sense that the National Socialists later would.
Life
Ratzel's father was the ...
. He then returned to Romania, where he was appointed professor at the University of Bucharest and head of the first geography department at that university. He was a strong proponent of the geomorphology
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approach to geographic studies; his powerful position enabled him to impose this point of view on Romanian geography.
Mehedinți was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1908, and titular member in 1915.
He died in Bucharest in 1962. Streets in Oradea
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
, Otopeni
Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city.
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, Sibiu
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, and in the Crângași
Crângași is one of the smallest neighborhoods in the 6th Sector of Bucharest, Romania. It is situated on the west side of the city near the Dâmbovița River, where it flows into Lacul Morii. Its name means "people living in a young forest". ...
neighborhood of Bucharest are named after him. High schools in Codlea
Codlea (; german: Zeiden; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Zäöeden''; hu, Feketehalom) is a municipiu, city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.
History
During the 13th century, the Teutonic Order built a fortress known as ''Schwarzburg'' ...
, Galați
Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...
, and Vidra also bear his name.
References
1868 births 1962 deaths People from Vrancea County University of Bucharest alumni Romanian geographers Romanian magazine editors Romanian people of World War I Junimists Titular members of the Romanian Academy Romanian Ministers of Culture Romanian Ministers of Education Members of the Iron Guard Leipzig University alumni University of Bucharest faculty Geomorphologists {{Romania-bio-stub