Emil Racoviță [SEP] date of death
Emil Racoviță
Emil Racoviță (; also spelled Racovitza; 15 November 1868 – 17 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, explorer of Antarctica and the first biologist in the world to study the arctic life.
Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania. Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic, as well as an influential professor, scholar and researcher.
Early life.
Born on the family
the Babeș-Bolyai University) in Cluj. He founded the world's first Speleological Institute on 26 April 1920 there, first as a section which was, however, to function independently since 1956, with professor Constantin Motas. ISER ("Institutul Speologic Emil Racoviță" —Romanian for "The Emil Racoviță Speleologic Institute"), a branch of the Cluj institute was open in Bucharest. In 1920, he became a member of the Romanian Academy, and remained a major figure of scientific life in Romania until his death.