Nicolae Leon (April 15, 1862–October 4, 1931) was a

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. He was the elder half brother of the naturalist Grigore Antipa. Leon was born in Băiceni, a village in

Curtești Curtești is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It bor ...

commune in

Botoșani County Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neigbhouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the capital town ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) at Botoșani. De ...

. Starting in 1881 he studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the

University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

. In 1884 he went to the

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to study

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, obtaining his degree in 1887. After returning to

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, he became a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in 1889. Later on he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and then Rector of the University of Iași in 1918 and 1920-1921.

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1862 births 1931 deaths People from Botoșani County Romanian biologists Romanian university and college faculty deans Rectors of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni University of Jena alumni Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University {{biologist-stub