Gheorghe Zane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian economist (1897-1978)
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Place of Birth: Galați, Galați County, Romania
About Gheorghe Zane
- Gheorghe Zane (April 11, 1897 – May 22, 1978) was a Romanian economist and historian. Born in Gala?i, he attended Vasile Alecsandri National College before enrolling in the law faculty of the University of Ia?i.
- He graduated from that institution in 1920, earning a doctorate from the University of Bucharest in 1923.
- His first teaching job, from 1921 to 1924, was at the agriculture faculty in Ia?i, where his courses dealt with political economy.
- Securing a post as associate professor in the same subject at the Ia?i law faculty in 1924, he advanced to full professor in 1929, teaching the history of economic doctrines.
- The following year, he switched to teaching political economy and finance, continuing to do so until 1945.
- From 1945 to 1948, he taught political economy and rationalization at the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute.
- Subsequently, after the onset of the Communist regime, he worked at Bucharest's Economic Research Institute.
- He became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1965 and was promoted to titular member in 1974.
- He died in Bucharest.The author of a copious body of work, he is considered to have introduced to Romania the systematic study of the history of economic concepts.
- In addition, he researched political economy, economic history and public finance, and edited the complete works of Nicolae Balcescu.
- An institute of the Romanian Academy dedicated to economic and social science research, located in Ia?i, is named after Zane.
- Gheorghe Zane University, a private institution, functioned in the same city between 1996 and 2013.
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