Nicolae Donici, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nicolae Donici

Russian astronomer

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1874

Place of Birth: Chișinău, Moldova

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1956

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: France, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Nicolae Donici

  • Nicolae Donici (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e 'donit???]; 1/13 September 1874, Chisinau (currently the Republic of Moldova) - 1960, Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, France) was a Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia.
  • Nicolae Donici (Donitch) was born into an old family of Romanian nobles from Bessarabia in the Petricani region of Chisinau.
  • He graduated from the University in Odessa (Ukraine).
  • Subsequently, he served as state clerk in Saint Petersburg (Russia).
  • Concomittantly he had his own private observatory.
  • He conducted research in countries such as Spain, Russia, Portugal, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria and USA.
  • He was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy and doctor honoris causa of the University of Heidelberg and of the Coimbra Institute in Portugal.
  • His main scientific interest were the Sun and its eclipses, planetary astronomy, zodiacal light.
  • The Astronomical observatory in Dubasarii Vechi (Bessarabia), directed by Nicolae Donici enjoyed a number of astronomers from everywhere: the German: Emanuel von der Pahlen, the Russian emigrants: Lev Ocoulitch and Andrei Baikov.
  • Donitch was a member of the International Union for Solar research, of the International Astronomical Union (since its first Congress in 1922), of the Romanian Academy (since 1922).
  • In 1948 he was excluded from the Academy by communist authorities of Romania.
  • He refugeed to France (Nice) where he continued to work in the collaboration with Henri Chrétien and other French astronomers.
  • In 1991 he was reestablished to the Romanian Academy.
  • He was married to Maria Perks.
  • The asteroid 9494 Donici is named after him.
  • The most important publications were signed as Donitch.

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