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About Sava Athanasiu
- Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist. Born in Rugine?ti, Vrancea County, he completed a private high school in Ia?i, where he was attracted to the natural sciences by his teacher Grigore Cobalcescu.
- He then entered the natural sciences faculty of the University of Ia?i, where Cobalcescu continued as his professor.
- From 1888 to 1892, he was Cobalcescu's assistant at Ia?i University.
- Aside from teaching younger students, one of his tasks was to organize the extensive collections his mentor had purchased, with a view to setting up a museum.
- After the latter's 1892 death, he was selected as a substitute professor.
- In 1890, he was hired by his former high school, and in 1891, by the Ia?i commercial school.
- In 1895, he enrolled in the University of Vienna, where his professors included Eduard Suess and Albrecht Penck.
- He obtained a doctorate in 1899 regarding geological studies of the northern Carpathians.
- From 1900 to 1909, he taught at 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.
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