Constantin Cândea – Wikipedia
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Constantin Cândea (Romanian pronunciation: [konstanˈtiŋ ˈkɨnde̯a]; December 15, 1887 – March 4, 1971) was a Romanian chemist, Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D. Engineer and later Rector at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara – formerly the Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947.[1]
Constantin Cândea graduated from Prince Ferdinand High School in Bacău in 1907, and in 1911 from Königlich Bayerische Technische Hochschule München, now Technical University Munich.
He was married to Maria (Antoniade) Cândea (October 2, 1889, Galați – April, 16, 1974, Bucharest), teacher of French with higher education and Doctor of Letters in France, who founded and led as headmistress[2] the High School of Pedagogy for Girls ″Queen Marie″ (now National College of Pedagogy ″Queen Marie″) in Ploiești.[3]
In the first year of activity of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara initiated by the Royal Decree No. 4822 of November 11, 1920 of King Ferdinand, Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Cândea created the Chemistry Laboratory and Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Stăncescu initiated the Physics Laboratory.[4]
He was Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences since December 21, 1935 and Full Member since December 20, 1936.[5][6]
He was Rector of The Polytechnic University of Timișoara – formerly Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947.[1]
He died at the age of 83 and was buried in the Bellu cemetery, figure 4, in Bucharest.
Constantin Cândea has published numerous works, including:
- Separation of copper group metals (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.96, no.7, ISSN 1618-2642, pp. 276–276, 1934)
- Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation (Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3, ISSN 0937-0633, pp. 118–118, 1934)
- Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3-4, pp. 118–118, 1934)
- Lead (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.110, no.5, pp. 206–208, 1937)
- Qualitative analysis (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.108, no.9, pp. 340–345, 1939)
- Fuels and petroleum based fuels (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.118, no.5, pp. 208–222, 1939)
- Methane in connection with national defense [7][8] (Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Romania No. 10, 1942)
- Condensation of oxibenzaldehyde and nitrobenzaldehyde with 2.7 dinitrofluorura (European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol.75, no.12, ISSN 1434-1948, pp. 2017–2018, 1942)
- Organic nitrogen compounds (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry), vol.125, no.1, pp. 48–57, 1943
- The reaction of methane with zinc chloride Angewandte Chemie, vol.56, no. 35–36, ISSN 0044-8249, pp. 247–248, 1943
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References[edit]
- ^ a b (in Romanian) Coleta de Sabata, Ioan Munteanu – Remember: Professors of Polytechnic School of Timișoara, Timișoara: Helicon Publishing House, 1993, ISBN 973-9133-44-4, p. 4
- ^ (in Romanian) Paul D.Popescu, Women of Prahova, from today, yesterday and before – Maria Cândea (Prahova Newspaper)
- ^ (in Romanian) The history of the National College of Pedagogy ″Queen Marie″
- ^ (in Romanian) Short history of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara
- ^ (in Romanian) Ioan Scurtu, Corneliu Mihail Lungu – The history of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1935-1948) volume 1 Bucharest, Romanian Academy of Scientists Publishing House, 2013, p. 51, 133, 189
- ^ (in Romanian) Vasile Cândea, Mircea Degeratu, Doru Sabin Delion – Romanian Academy of Scientists: 1935-2015 – Anniversary album, Bucharest, RAO Distribuție Publishing House, 2016, ISBN 978-606-8516-10-3, p. 103, 105
- ^ (in Romanian) Elvira Botez, Academy of Sciences of Romania. Its history. (Romanian Academy, Noema. Vol. VI, 2007) p. 89
- ^ (in Romanian) Ioan Scurtu, Corneliu Mihail Lungu – The history of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1935-1948) volume 1 București, Bucharest, Romanian Academy of Scientists Publishing House, 2013, p. 238, 257
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