About Theodor Costescu
Lived 1864 – 1939 (aged 75). Theodor Costescu was a politician and teacher.
Teodor D. Costescu (March 15, 1864 – March 25, 1939) was a Romanian educator and politician.
Costescu was born in Rovinari. After graduating from the University of Bucharest with a degree in natural sciences, he became a teacher at Craiova in 1887. He then transferred to Traian High School in Turnu Severin, building up the new institution. He was responsible for several new school buildings in the local Mehedinți County. Costescu served the county as prefect, senator and, from 1912, Conservative-Democratic deputy. In 1934, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy. He served as a general secretary in the Ministry of Industry.
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Who was Theodor Costescu?
politician
When was Theodor Costescu born?
Theodor Costescu was born on 13 March 1864 in Rovinari.
When did Theodor Costescu die?
Theodor Costescu died on 25 March 1939 in Bucharest.
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Theodor Costescu was a politician and teacher.
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Theodor Costescu's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Romania, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.
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