Moise Nicoară National College () is a public day high school in Arad,

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History

Opened in 1873, the school building was erected over the previous four years, during the

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period. In October 1919, following the

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, the school acquired its present name, after the 19th century cultural figure and patriot , and became the first Romanian-language boys' high school in Arad. The building became the property of the Romanian state in 1934, and was declared a

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in 1955. In 1948, following the advent of the

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and subsequent education reform, the institution became known as ''Arad Middle School nr. 1'', the name '' Ioan Slavici'' being added in 1957. It became a high school once again in 1965 and readopted the Nicoară name in 1991. It was accorded the "national college" distinction in 2000. The building underwent a thorough restoration that culminated with its reopening in 2013, at which point it was one of the country's most modern high school structures.

Teachers

Perpessicius Perpessicius (; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction wr ...

, literary historian and critic * Al. T. Stamatiad, poet

Alumni

Mihai Beniuc Mihai Beniuc (; 20 November 1907 – 24 June 1988) was a Romanian socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist. Biography He was born in 1907 in Sebiș, Arad County (at the time in Austria-Hungary), the son of Athanasie and Vaseline Beniuc. H ...

, poet *, historian * Ovidiu Cotruș, essayist *

Ștefan Augustin Doinaș Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (; pen name of Ștefan Popa) (April 26, 1922 – May 25, 2002) was a Romanian Neoclassical poet of the Communist era. He wrote 23 books of poetry, as well as children's books, essay collections, and a novel. Doinaș was ...

, poet * Sofronie Drincec, bishop * Ilarion Felea, priest * Tudor Gheorghe, musician *

Vasile Goldiș Vasile Goldiș (12 November 1862 – 10 February 1934) was a Romanian politician, social theorist, and member of the Romanian Academy. Early life He was born on 12 November 1862 in his grandfather's (Teodor Goldiș) house in the village of ...

, politician * Caius Iacob, mathematician * Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician *

Atanasie Marian Marienescu Atanasie Marian Marienescu (–) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian folklorist, ethnographer and judge. Born in Lipova, Arad County, in the Banat region, his father Ion Marian was a trader, while his mother Persida (''née'' Șandor) cam ...

, ethnographer *

Teodor Meleșcanu Teodor Viorel Meleșcanu (; born 10 March 1941) is a Romanian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) between 2012 and 2014. He was a three times senator on behalf of the Na ...

, politician *

Mihail Neamțu Mihail Neamțu (; born 16 April 1978), is a Romanian writer, philosopher, theologian, and politician. He received a PhD in theology from King's College London and has written several books on politics, religion, and culture. A conservative, he ...

, politician *, lawyer *, physicist and politician *

Tiberiu Popoviciu Tiberiu Popoviciu (February 16, 1906–October 29, 1975) was a Romanian mathematician and the namesake of Popoviciu's inequality and Popoviciu's inequality on variances. The Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science in Cluj-Napoca is na ...

, mathematician * Ioan Slavici, writer *, lawyer and politician * Mircea Zaciu, critic

Notes

External links

Official site
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