Emil Racoviță
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Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (Romanian: [eˈmil ˈrakovit͡sə]; 15 November 1868 – 19 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic explorer.
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Born | Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (1868-11-15)15 November 1868 |
Died | 19 November 1947(1947-11-19) (aged 79) |
Resting place | Hajongard Cemetery, Cluj-Napoca |
Nationality | Romanian |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology, speleology, zoology |
Institutions | Babeș-Bolyai University |
Thesis | Le lobe cephalique et l’encéphale des Annélides Polychète (1896) |
Doctoral advisor | Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers |
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Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania. Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic. He was an influential professor, scholar and researcher, and served as President of the Romanian Academy from 1926 to 1929.