Maria Cândea (; October 2, 1889 – April 16, 1974) was a

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n French language and literature teacher,

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, who founded and led as School director the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls in

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Born Maria Antoniade, she graduated from the Sorbonne in

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with a

degree, then worked as a

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teacher. On November 10, 1918, she was appointed Principal the Girls' Preparatory School for Teachers in

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. This educational unit was transformed into the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls in 1919, and in 1920 it moved to

under the leadership of Cândea to the place where it still operates today as the Queen Marie National Pedagogical College. She was married to

Constantin Cândea Constantin Cândea (; December 15, 1887 – March 4, 1971) was a Romanian chemist, professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., engineer, and later Rector at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara (formerly the Polytechnic School of Timișoara) between ...

, a professor of Chemistry and Rector at the

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. Maria Cândea was the School director of the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls (now Queen Marie National Pedagogical College) until the autumn of 1930, when she left for

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. She died on April 16, 1974, at the age of 84 and was buried in the

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, figure 4, in

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