Gheorghe Șincai National College () is a high school located at 167 Calea Șerban Vodă,

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, Romania.

History

The school traces its origins to autumn 1890, when two classes were split off from the overcrowded Matei Basarab High School. Another class was added a year later. A royal decree issued in December 1892 by Education Minister

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established the institution as a classical gymnasium. Upon the proposal of a teacher from

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, it was named after

Gheorghe Șincai Gheorghe Șincai (; – November 2, 1816) was a Romanian historian, philologist, translator, poet, and representative of the Enlightenment-influenced Transylvanian School. As the director of Greek Catholic education in Transylvania he broug ...

. It became a high school in 1919.History
at the Gheorghe Șincai National College site The present building was begun in 1924, and was ready for use in 1928. In 1948, the new

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dropped the Șincai name, which was restored in 1957. Meanwhile, a girls’ high school functioned in the same building until 1956, when the two were merged. Șincai was declared a national college in 2002.”Colegiul Național Gheorghe Șincai”
Agerpres, May 14, 2021 The school building is listed as a

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by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as is the sculpture of Șincai by Ion Schmidt-Faur, in front of the school entrance.

Faculty

Vladimir Cavarnali Vladimir or Vlad Cavarnali (also known as Cavarnalli or Kavarnali; ; 10 August 1910 – 19 July 1966) was a Bessarabian-born Romanian poet, journalist, editor, and political figure. Though his ethnic background was Bessarabian Bulgarian and Ga ...

Traian Lalescu Traian Lalescu (; 12 July 1882 – 15 June 1929) was a Romanian mathematician. His main focus was on integral equations and he contributed to work in the areas of functional equations, trigonometric series, mathematical physics, geometry, mechan ...

I. M. Rașcu I. M. Rașcu (most common rendition of Ion Rașcu; – 1971) was a Romanian poet of Symbolist verse, cultural promoter, comparatist, and schoolteacher. He is remembered for his participation in the Romanian Symbolist movement: a founder and co- ...

* Octav Șuluțiu

Alumni

Florența Albu Florența Albu (1 December 1934 – 3 February 2000) was a Romanian poet and journalist. She worked at the newspaper ''Scînteia Tineretului'' from 1963 to 1965, and then the journal ''Viața Românească'' for thirty years. She published more than ...

* Constantin Beldie * *

Mihu Dragomir Mihu Dragomir (pen name of Mihail Constantin Dragomirescu; April 24, 1919 – April 9, 1964) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. A native of Brăila on the Bărăgan Plain, he was heavily influenced by the worldview of an older novel ...

* David Emmanuel *

Paula Ivan Paula Ivan (born 20 July 1963 as Ionescu, later known as Ilie) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. Born in Herăști, Giurgiu County, she graduated from the Gheorghe Șincai High School in Bucharest in 1982. In 1987, Ivan won gold me ...

Gheorghe Mihoc Gheorghe Mihoc (July 7, 1906 – December 25, 1981) was a Romanian mathematician and statistician. He was born in Brăila, the son of Ecaterina and Gheorghe Mihoc, both originally from the Banat. In 1908, his father moved the family to Bucharest. ...

Gică Petrescu Gică Petrescu (; 2 April 1915 – 18 June 2006) was a prolific Romanian folk music composer and performer. Born in Bucharest, he made his debut at age 18 by joining a student band, having just graduated from the Gheorghe Șincai High Sch ...

* Constantin Rădulescu *

Nicolae Saramandu Nicolae Saramandu (also Niculae; born 1 July 1941) is a Romanian linguist and philologist of Aromanian ethnicity. He has been professor in several universities and vice president and later president of the ''Atlas Linguarum Europae'' ("Atlas of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gheorghe Sincai National College High schools in Bucharest Educational institutions established in 1890 1890 establishments in Romania School buildings completed in 1928 National Colleges in Romania Historic monuments in Bucharest