Alexandru Borza
Alexandru Borza (born May 21, 1887 in Alba Iulia ; † September 3, 1971 in Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg, Kolozsvár)) was a Transylvanian , Austro-Hungarian , later Romanian botanist and plant researcher. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Borza ".
Life
Borza studied theology and natural history with the help of a grant from the Greek Catholic Church in Budapest and Breslau . First he taught in Blaj and from 1918 taught in Cluj-Napoca at the university.
In 1923 he set up a botanical garden in Cluj-Napoca. In 1935, on his initiative, the first nature park in Romania, the Retezat National Park , was established.
Honors
The Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden was named after him in 1990.
Publications
- Flora și vegetația Văii Sebeșului , Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1959.
- Nicolae Boscaiu: Introducere în studiul covorului vegetal , Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1965.
- Dicționar etnobotanic , Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1968.
- Amintirile turistice ale unui naturalist călător pe trei continente , Editura Sport-Turism, Bucharest 1987.
Web links
Commons : Alexandru Borza - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Alexandru Borza in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Alexandru Borza at the IPNI
- Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden ( Memento of September 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Romanian botanists (PDF), on zobodat.at, accessed on January 26, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borza, Alexandru |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alba Iulia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1971 |
| Place of death | Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg, Kolozsvár) |