Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci


Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci was a renowned Romanian geologist, founder of the South-Eastern European Studies Institute in Bucharest. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
Munteanu Murgoci was a native of Măcin, Tulcea County. He studied at the Saint Sava High School and then at the University of Bucharest. As part of a group of professors, physicians, soldiers, and others, he helped bring Scouting to Romania.
A high school in Brăila is named "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci" in his honor.