Gheorghe Șincai National College (Bucharest)

Gheorghe Șincai National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Gheorghe Șincai) is a high school located at 167 Calea Șerban Vodă, Bucharest, Romania.

Gheorghe Șincai National College

Monument to Șincai

History

The school traces its origins to autumn 1890, when two classes were split off from the overcrowded Matei Basarab High School. Another class was added a year later. A royal decree issued in December 1892 by Education Minister Take Ionescu established the institution as a classical gymnasium. Upon the proposal of a teacher from Transylvania, it was named after Gheorghe Șincai. It became a high school in 1919.^[1]

The present building was begun in 1924, and was ready for use in 1928. In 1948, the new communist regime dropped the Șincai name, which was restored in 1957. Meanwhile, a girls’ high school functioned in the same building until 1956, when the two were merged.^[1] Șincai was declared a national college in 2002.^[2]

The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as is the sculpture of Șincai by Ion Schmidt-Faur, in front of the school entrance.^[3]

Faculty

• Vladimir Cavarnali^[4]
• I. M. Rașcu^[5]
• Octav Șuluțiu^[6]

Alumni

• Florența Albu^[7]
• Constantin Beldie^[8]
• Mihail Diaconescu [ro]^[9]
• Mihu Dragomir^[10]
• David Emmanuel^[11]
• Paula Ivan^[12]
• Gheorghe Mihoc^[13]
• Gică Petrescu^[14]
• Constantin Rădulescu^[15]
• Nicolae Saramandu^[16]

Notes

1. (in Romanian) History at the Gheorghe Șincai National College site
2. (in Romanian) ”Colegiul Național Gheorghe Șincai”, Agerpres, May 14, 2021
3. (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: București Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Decrete regale. Ministerul Educației Naționale", in Monitorul Oficial, 1 August 1947, p. 6792
5. Huzum, Virgil (1972), "I. M. Rașcu" (PDF), Revista Noastră. Publicație a Elevilor Colegiului Unirea din Focșani (2): 30
6. Sasu, Aurel, ed. (2004). Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, Vol. I (in Romanian). Pitești: Editura Paralela 45. pp. 677–679. ISBN 973-697-758-7.
7. "Florența Albu". www.goodreads.com (in Romanian). Retrieved April 16, 2022.
8. Grigurcu, Gheorghe (2000). "Memoriile unui hedonist". România Literară (in Romanian). No. 41. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
9. "Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului – D" (PDF) (in Romanian). pp. 17–18. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
10. Sasu, Aurel, ed. (2004). Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, Vol. I (in Romanian). Pitești: Editura Paralela 45. p. 515. ISBN 973-697-758-7.
11. "David Emmanuel a fost matematician român, considerat întemeietorul școlii matematicii moderne din România". jurnalfm.ro (in Romanian). February 4, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
12. Anghel, Iulian (September 14, 2018). "Paula Ivan, despre povestea singurului record olimpic românesc rămas în picioare: "Noi, românii, ne-am strecurat între ruși și americani!"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved April 16, 2022.
13. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gheorghe Mihoc", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
14. "Gică Petrescu". www.cinemagia.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved April 15, 2022.
15. "Dă numele Stadionului din Gruia. Dr. Constantin "Jumate" Rădulescu a venit din Regat pentru a se afirma la Cluj". Cluj24.ro (in Romanian). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
16. "Nicolae Saramandu - Filolog, Lingvist" (in Romanian). Romanian Academy. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

External links

• Official website

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