Sava Athanasiu

Sava Athanasiu
Sava Athanasiu
	Sava Athanasiu
Born	April 28, 1861; Ruginești, Moldavia
Died	April 8, 1946 (aged 84)
Nationality	Romanian
	Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology

Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist.

Born in

Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest. He was a professor at the University of Bucharest from 1910 to 1936, and also worked at the Romanian Geological Institute from 1906 to 1930. He undertook a wide array of field research, writing numerous books and studies about his discoveries. Elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in June 1920, he was made honorary member in June 1945.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Analele..., p. 132
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in Romanian) Ciprian Teodorescu, Academicieni ieșeni, p. 23, at the Gheorghe Asachi Iași County library site

References

Analele Academiei române, 1921, Academia Română, Bucharest

[a132-1] Analele..., p. 132

[ieseni-2] (in Romanian) Ciprian Teodorescu, Academicieni ieșeni, p. 23, at the Gheorghe Asachi Iași County library site

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