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Gheorghe Lazăr National College, Bucharest
The Gheorghe Lazăr National College () is a high school located in central Bucharest, Romania, at the southeast corner of the Cișmigiu Gardens, on the corner of Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta. One of the most prestigious secondary education institutions in Romania, it was named after the Transylvanian educator Gheorghe Lazăr, who taught at the Saint Sava College. Founded in 1860, it is the second oldest high school in Bucharest. History On 18 January 1860, Alexandru Ioan Cuza founded the second gymnasium with teaching in Romanian in Bucharest and gave it the name of Gheorghe Lazăr, who "was the refounder of the nation's schools". The high school's anniversary has been celebrated from then on this date, when the school first opened its doors. The decree of the establishment of the high school bears the signature of King Carol I and the date 20 May 1890. In the autumn of 1890, the new place near the Cișmigiu Gardens was inaugurated. The construction, designed by architect F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Bucharest metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 8th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 6 districts (''Sectors of Bucharest, Sectoare''), while the metropolitan area covers . Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly History of architecture#Revivalism and Eclecticism, Eclectic, but also Neoclassical arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International security, security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 Member states of UNESCO, member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the Non-governmental organization, non-governmental, Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 National Commissions for UNESCO, national commissions. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei (; 7 July 1923 – 24 October 2011) was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by ''Newsweek'' as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".''Theater History'' at the Guthrie Theater site Ciulei is known for winning the Best Director Award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ciprian
George Ciprian (; born Gheorghe Pană Constantin ; June 7, 1883 – 8 May 1968) was a Romanian actor and playwright. His writings make him a precursor of the Theatre of the Absurd. Biography Born in Buzău to a Greeks in Romania, Greek baker's family, he attended primary school in Glodeanu-Siliștea, a Commune in Romania, commune near Buzău, after which he moved to Bucharest with his mother. There, he attended Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest), Gheorghe Lazăr High School, together with Vasile Voiculescu, a future poet born near Buzău, and Urmuz, an Absurdism, absurdist writer. After graduation, Ciprian went on to study acting at the National University of Music Bucharest, Bucharest Conservatory, where he was coached by Constantin Nottara. His stage debut took place in 1907 at the Craiova National Theatre, as Șoltuz in Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu's ''Răzvan și Vidra''. He would star in many theater performances in theatres throughout Romania, and he would act in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie Carafoli
Elie Carafoli (September 15, 1901, Veria, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire–October 24, 1983, Bucharest, Romania) was an accomplished Romanian engineer and aircraft designer. He is considered a pioneering contributor to the field of Aerodynamics. Biography First years, education Carafoli was of Aromanians, Aromanian descent. In 1915, he left Greece for Bitola, and then Bucharest, where he studied at Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest), Gheorghe Lazăr High School. In 1919 he entered University Politehnica of Bucharest, graduating with a degree in electrical engineering. He pursued his studies at the University of Paris, while also working at the Institut aérotechnique in Saint-Cyr-l'École, France. He obtained a Ph.D. in 1928, with a thesis entitled ''Contribution to the theory of aerodynamic lift''. Activity in Romania In 1928, Carafoli returned to Bucharest, where he joined the faculty at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Polytechnic University, and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Călinescu
George Călinescu (; 19 June 1899 – 12 March 1965) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies. He is currently considered one of the most important Romanian literary critics of all time, alongside Titu Maiorescu and Eugen Lovinescu, and is one of the outstanding figures of Romanian literature in the 20th century. Biography Early childhood George Călinescu, born Gheorghe Vișan on 19 June, 1899, was the son of Maria Vișan, a housekeeper. He was raised by his mother's employers, Constantin Călinescu, an employee of the Romanian State Railways, and his wife Maria. The Călinescu family — along with their housekeeper and her son — moved to Botoșani and then to Iași. There, in 1906, Gheorghe Vișan, enrolled at the ''Carol I'' primary school, where he studied for two years. In 1907, Maria Vișan accepted the Călinescu family's offer to formally adopt her son, who subsequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilian Bratu
Emilian Bratu (8 August 1904 – 31 March 1991) was a Romanian chemical engineer, founder of chemical engineering education in Romania. With the Austrian physical chemist Otto Redlich, he studied the dissociation constant of heavy water.Em. Bratu, E. Abel, O. Redlich, Die elektrolytische Dissoziation des schweren Wassers, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 173, 353 (1935) Life and work Born in Bucharest, he studied at the Saint Sava, Gheorghe Lazăr, and Matei Basarab high schools and the National School of Bridges and Roads, the future Politehnica University of Bucharest. He then attended the Technical University of Vienna, specializing in physical chemistry and electrochemistry. Here he met Redlich, with whom he studied the properties of heavy water between 1932 and 1935. Returning home he taught a course titled Processes and Devices in Chemical Industry, forerunner of chemical engineering courses in Romania. Collaboration with Costin Nenițescu Emilian Bratu and Costi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Barbu
Ion Barbu (, pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved only to pioneers of investigations in an area of mathematical inquiry. As a poet, he is known for his volume ''Joc secund'' ("Mirrored Play"), in which he sought to fulfill his vision of a poetry which adhered to the same virtues that he found in mathematics. Early life Born in Câmpulung-Muscel, Argeș County, he was the son of Constantin Barbilian and Smaranda, born Șoiculescu. He attended elementary school in Câmpulung, Dămienești, and Stâlpeni, and for secondary studies he went to the Ion Brătianu High School in Pitești, the Dinicu Golescu High School in Câmpulung, and finally the Gheorghe Lazăr High School and the Mihai Viteazul High School in Bucharest. During that time, he discovered that he had a talent for mathematic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigore Băjenaru
Grigore Popescu-Băjenaru (; December 13, 1907 – February 5, 1986) was a Romanian writer. His best known novel is ''Cișmigiu et Comp.'', that presents his adventures as a student of Gheorghe Lazăr High School, situated near the Cișmigiu Gardens in central Bucharest, in the interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( .... Its sequel, ''Bună dimineața, băieți!'', presents moments from his career as a teacher. ReferencesGrigore Băjenaru crispedia.ro (in Romanian) jurnalul.ro (in Romanian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bajenaru, Grigore People from Periș Romanian male novelists 1907 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Romanian male writers University of Bucharest alumni Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurel Babeș
Aurel A. Babeș (11 December 1886 – 7 August 1962) was a Romanian scientist and one of the discoverers of the vaginal smear as screening test for cervical cancer. Biography Aurel Babeș was born in 1886, in Bucharest. His father, Aurel V. Babeș (1852–1925), was the son of Vincențiu Babeș; he studied under Robert Bunsen at Heidelberg University and was a chemistry professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Bucharest. His paternal uncle was Victor Babeș, co-author (with Victor André Cornil) of the first treaty of bacteriology. After attending Gheorghe Lazăr High School, Babeș enrolled in 1905 at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, graduating in 1911. He received his Doctorate magna cum laude in 1915 with thesis ''Cerebrospinal fluid. Clinical and experimental study'', which was awarded the Hillel Award of the Faculty of Medicine and the Lazăr Award of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. After specializing in pathology, he was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Athanasiu
Alexandru Athanasiu (; born 1 January 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu previously served as Prime Minister on an ad interim basis for 9 days between 13 December and 22 December 1999, heading the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) cabinet after the resignation of Radu Vasile ( PNȚCD. On 1 January 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union, Athanasiu became a Member of the European Parliament for the PSD (inside the Party of European Socialists). An author of several scientific works, he is the recipient of a PhD in Law, as well as a professor at the University of Bucharest (since 1999). In 1995, his volume ''Legea Asigurărilor Sociale'' ("The Law on Social Security") received the Romanian Academy's '' Simion Bărnuțiu Award''. Biography Born in Bucharest, Athanasiu studied at the Gheorghe Lazăr Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Andreescu
Ion Andreescu (; 15 February 1850 – 22 October 1882) was a Romanian painter. Biography He was the son of Andrei Dobrescu and Anastasia Pencovico. It is unknown if he was born in Bucharest or in another one of his parents' residences in the vicinity of the city. His father was a beverage merchant and owned an Inn in Mahalaua Staicului. Andreescu was privately schooled during his elementary school years by Andreas Apostolas. In 1863 he attended the Gheorghe Lazăr Middle School in Bucharest, and then the Sfântul Sava High School. As a student of the Saint Sava High School, he won 1st prize in an Art contest. In 1869, Andreescu dropped out of high school and started attending Theodor Aman's "National School of Fine Arts" (now known as the Bucharest National University of Arts) where he studied Linear Drawing and Calligraphy. By 1872 he was an instructor of Drawing and Calligraphy at the Bishop's School in Buzău. In 1873 he left the Bishop's School for the Tudor Vladimirescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
