Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci

Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci (July 20, 1872 – March 5, 1925) was a Romanian geologist, founder of the South-Eastern European Studies Institute in Bucharest.

He studied at the Saint Sava High School and then at the University of Bucharest.

[1] As part of a group of professors, physicians, soldiers, and others, he helped bring Scouting to Romania.

He married the British zoologist and folklorist Agnes Murgoci in 1904, together they had two children.

[2] A high school in Brăila is named "Colegiul Național Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci" in his honor.

Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci
Bust of Munteanu Murgoci in Bucharest