Petrache Poenaru
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Petrache Poenaru (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrake po.eˈnaru]; 10 January 1799 – 2 October 1875) was a Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era.
Petrache Poenaru | |
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 An 1860s photograph by Carol Szathmari | |
| Born | January 10, 1799 |
| Died | October 2, 1875 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Wallachian, Romanian |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, mathematician, physicist, teacher, politician |
| Known for | Inventing the fountain pen |
Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, teacher and organizer of the educational system, as well as a politician, agronomist, and zootechnologist, founder of the Philharmonic Society, the Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest.
While a student in Paris, Petrache Poenaru invented the world's first fountain pen, an invention for which the French Government issued a patent on 25 May 1827.[1][2]