George Murnu
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1868 – 1957
Who was George Murnu?
George Murnu was a Romanian university professor, archaeologist, historian, translator, and poet of Aromanian origin.
After attending the courses of the Romanian primary and secondary schools in Macedonia at Bitola, he attended the University of Bucharest. In 1893, at age 25, Murnu was appointed professor at the University of Iaşi and shortly afterwards was awarded a scholarship by the Romanian State in order to complete his postgraduate studies in Munich, and, after several years he returned to Romania after completing a doctorate in philology. A fruitful scholarly activity followed, culminating in Murnu becoming a chairman professor of archaeology at the University of Bucharest.
In 1909, he was appointed head of the National Archaeological Museum in Bucharest by the Ministry of Public Instruction and Religious Confessions. He has translated an accomplished version of the Odyssey and Iliad into Romanian. He also wrote his own works of poetry, both in Romanian and in his native Aromanian language.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1868
Veria - Nationality
- Romania
- Lived in
- Central Macedonia
- Died
- 1957
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on July 23, 2013
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