About Sava Athanasiu
Lived 1861 – 1946 (aged 84). Sava Athanasiu was a Romanian geologist.
Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist.
He was born in Ruginești, Vrancea County (at the time in Putna County), the first of Costachi and Paraschiva Athanasiu's four children. and at the Theological Seminary in Roman, He then entered the natural sciences faculty of the University of Iași, where Cobălcescu continued as his professor.
Two of his sons were also elected to the Romanian Academy: Ion Atanasiu became a corresponding member in 1940 and became a titular member in 1963. An effort started in 2021 to name the school in Ruginești after him, but the proposal has not been approved as of 2023.
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Who was Sava Athanasiu?
Romanian geologist
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Sava Athanasiu was born on 28 April 1861 in Ruginești.
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Sava Athanasiu died on 8 April 1946 in Bucharest.
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Sava Athanasiu was a geologist.
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Sava Athanasiu was Romanian.
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