Dimitrie Voinov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian biologist
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Place of Birth: Focșani, Vrancea County, Romania
About Dimitrie Voinov
- Dimitrie Voinov (June 25, 1867 – July 7, 1951) was a Romanian zoologist, histologist and cytologist. Born in Ia?i, he graduated from the University of Paris in 1890, going on to earn a doctorate.
- He extensively studied insect orders such as Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.
- His investigations into reproduction focused on studying the shape and structure of sperm cells.
- He also looked at the components of cytoplasm, including mitochondria and vacuoles.Among his over fifty scientific works published domestically and abroad are one on the "Principles of Microscopy" (Bucharest, 1900); another on spermatogenesis in Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Paris, 1912) and a third on the Golgi apparatus in nerve cells (Paris, 1929).
- Between 1892 and 1939, he was a professor at the University of Bucharest's morphology and zoology faculty, becoming a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1927.
- In 1948, the new Communist Romanian authorities allowed him to remain as an "honorary titular member".
- Following a road accident, he died three years later at the hospital in Gae?ti.
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