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Ștefan Minovici (July 18, 1867 – December 29, 1935) was a
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n chemist. The brother of
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 BrÄ ...
and Nicolae Minovici, he became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1925.


Education

Minovici was born in
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into a family of Aromanian origin. After studying at the gymnasium in
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from 1875 to 1882, he moved to
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, where he completed his high school studies at
Saint Sava National College The Saint Sava National College (Romanian: ''Colegiul Național Sfântul Sava''), Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania. It was founded in 1694, under the name of th ...
in 1887. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Sciences at the
University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...
, majoring in physics and chemistry, and received a B.S. in 1893. The year after he went to study at Friedrich Wilhelm University in
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under
Emil Fischer Hermann Emil Louis Fischer (; 9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fisch ...
, 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 Society of Chemistry in Romania, which became the official body representing Romania within the Paris-based
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. Minovici died suddenly on December 29, 1935, in
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of a
cerebral hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...
.


Publications

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minovici, Stefan 1867 births 1935 deaths People from Râmnicu Sărat Romanian chemists Members of the Romanian Academy of Sciences Saint Sava National College alumni University of Bucharest alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian people of Aromanian descent People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia