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    Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (Romanian: [eˈmil ˈrakovit͡sə]; 15 November 1868 – 19 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic...
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    The Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station (Romanian: Stația Law-Racoviță-Negoiță), known only as the Law-Racoviță Station (Stația Law-Racoviță) until 2011, is...
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    amount of precipitation. Situated in the extreme northwest of Moldova, Emil Racoviță Cave has a total length of 90.2 km underground labyrinths, is the third...
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    Nicolae Gr. Racoviță (1835–1894), Romanian politician Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer Mihail Racoviță-Cehanu [ro]...
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    ago. The cave has three galleries and four halls: The Candles Hall, Emil Racoviță Hall, The Spaghetti Hall and The Bones Hall. The name of the cave is...
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  • magneton. The magneton is now known as the Bohr-Procopiu magneton. Emil Racoviță: the founder of biospeleology. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen: introduced...
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  • Emil Palade, 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Constantin Parhon, endocrinologist Nicolae Paulescu, discovered insulin Emil Racoviță,...
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    With a multinational crew that included Roald Amundsen from Norway, Emil Racoviță from Romania, and Henryk Arctowski from Poland, Belgica set sail from...
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    Trăistariu (1979– ) – pop singer Andreea Marin (1974– ) – TV show host Emil Racoviță (1868–1947) – biologist, co-founder of biospeleology and explorer of...
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    expedition organized by the Belgian Government, Romanian biologist Emil Racoviță collected, among other specimens, a flightless midge and its larvae...
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    Ioan Minea (1926–1927) Gheorghe Bogdan-Duică (1927–1928) Emil Hațieganu (1928–1929) Emil Racoviță (1929–1930) Iuliu Hațieganu (1930–1931) Nicolae Drăganu...
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    Conta and Petre Andrei, the sociologist Dimitrie Gusti, the geographer Emil Racoviță and the painter Octav Băncilă, only to name a few. The Vasile Alecsandri...
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    Colombia; quest for El Dorado Manuel Quimper Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest Emil Racoviță Romanian 19th/20th Antarctica John Rae Scottish Canadian 19th Northwest...
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    years earlier as Balaenoptera patachonicus. In 1903, Romanian scientist Emil Racoviță placed all these designations into Balaenoptera physalus. The word physalus...
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  • taken by its inventor, featured his wife's hand and ring. Portrait of Emil Racoviță 1899 Louis Boutan Banyuls-sur-Mer, France First underwater portrait...
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    "Áprily Lajos" Liceul "Andrei Mureșanu" Colegiul de Științe ale Naturii "Emil Racoviță" Liceul "Nicolae Titulescu" Liceul Vocațional de Muzica "Tuodr Ciortea"...
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    scientific discipline. Biospeleology was formalized as a science in 1907 by Emil Racoviță with his seminal work Essai sur les problèmes biospéologiques ("Essay...
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  • recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. November 15 – Emil Racoviță (died 1947), Romanian biologist, speleologist and explorer. November...
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  • 2007. Retrieved 2016-06-12. "Stația Law-Racoviță din Antarctica – 9 ani de la deschidere" [Stația Law-Racoviță din Antarctica – 9 ani de la deschidere]...
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    National highschools from Baia Mare: Gheorghe Șincai National College Emil Racoviță Theoretical Highschool Vasile Lucaciu National College Mihai Eminescu...
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    cave, it was later explored by the Romanian scientist and speleologist Emil Racoviță between 1921 and 1923, who mentioned it and its origin in his 1927 work...
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  • electronic musical instrument which will become the Theremin. April 26 – Emil Racoviță establishes the world's first institute for the academic study of speleology...
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  • Laura Poantă (1971–), physician, translator, painter, and professor Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), savant, explorer, speleologist, biologist, and founder...
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  • social reformer and writer (d. 1954) 1867 – Emil Krebs, German polyglot (d. 1930) 1868 – Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d...
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    The city also has six high schools, named after Mihail Kogălniceanu, Emil Racoviță, Anghel Rugină, Ștefan Procopiu and Ion Mincu, as well as a Sports High...
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  • 1956 by Sever Popescu of Turnu Severin. Finally, specialists from the Emil Racoviță Institute of Speleology at the Romanian Academy began true systematic...
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    colleges are Tudor Vianu National College of Computer Science Bucharest, Emil Racoviță National College Iași, Carol I National College Craiova, Barbu Știrbei...
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  • Profit Vasili Pronchishchev Maria Pronchishcheva Lewis Gordon Pugh Emil Racovita Pierre-Esprit Radisson John Rae Knud Rasmussen Andrew Regan George W...
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    Dănești, Emil Racoviță, Rășcani and Tătărăni. The village of Emil Racoviță, formerly called Șurănești, is named after explorer Emil Racoviță, who spent...
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    Resistance, stands beneath the huge jacaranda tree behind the town hall. Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), Romanian polar explorer, former co-director of the Arago...
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