Ilie G. Murgulescu
Ilie Murgulescu (born January 27, 1902 in Bucharest ; † October 28, 1991 ) was a Romanian physical chemist , author and communist politician . He was President of the Romanian Academy (1960–1963) and Minister of Education (1953–1956 and 1960–1963). He founded the Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy.
He wrote his doctoral thesis in the field of photochemistry under Fritz Weigert in Leipzig as a consultant and examined the properties of molten salts . He became an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and wrote a seven-volume series of textbooks called Introducere în chimia fizică (Introduction to Physical Chemistry), which was printed between 1976 and 1984.
In 1966 he was elected a foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR .
His son supported the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Magyar Nagy Lexicon
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Ilie Murgulescu. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 8, 2015 .
Web links
- Ilie G. Murgulescu (Romanian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Constantin Cândea | Rector of the Timișoara Polytechnic University 1947–1949 |
Nicolae Maior |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Murgulescu, Ilie G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murgulescu, Ilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian physical chemist, non-fiction author and communist politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1991 |