Constantin Cândea

Constantin Cândea (Romanian pronunciation: [konstanˈtin ˈkɨnde̯a]); (December 15, 1887, in Mărgineni, Bacău – March 4, 1971, in Bucharest) was a Romanian chemist, Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D. Engineer at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara and Rector of Polytechnic University of Timișoara - formerly Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946-1947[1]

Constantin Cândea
Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Cândea
Born(1887-12-15)December 15, 1887
Mărgineni, Bacău, Romania
DiedMarch 4, 1971(1971-03-04) (aged 83)
Resting placeBellu cemetery Figure 4
44.40381°N 26.099685°E / 44.40381; 26.099685
Nationality Romanian
Alma materKöniglich Bayerische Technische Hochschule München
Known for
Spouse(s)Maria (Antoniade) Cândea
(1889-1974)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsPolytechnic University of Timișoara

Life

Constantin Cândea graduated from Prince Ferdinand High School in Bacău in 1907, and in 1911 from Königlich Bayerische Technische Hochschule München (now Technical University Munich).

He was married to Maria (Antoniade) Cândea (October 2, 1889, Galați - April, 16, 1974, Bucharest), teacher of French with higher education in France, who founded and led as headmistress the High School of Pedagogy for Girls ″Queen Marie″ (now National College ″Jean Monnet″) in Ploiești.[2]

In the first year of activity of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara initiated by the Royal Decree No. 4822 of November 11, 1920 of King Ferdinand, Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Cândea created the Chemistry Laboratory and Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Stăncescu initiated the Physics Laboratory.[3]

He was Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences since December 21, 1935 and Full Member since December 20, 1936.[4]

He was Rector of The Polytechnic University of Timișoara - formerly Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946-1947.[1]

He died at the age of 83 and was buried in the Bellu cemetery, figure 4, in Bucharest.

Work

Constantin Cândea has published numerous works, including:[5][6]

  • Separation of copper group metals (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.96, no.7, ISSN 1618-2642, pp. 276–276, 1934)
  • Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation (Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3, ISSN 0937-0633, pp. 118–118, 1934)
  • Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3-4, pp. 118–118, 1934)
  • Lead (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.110, no.5, pp. 206–208, 1937)
  • Qualitative analysis (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.108, no.9, pp. 340–345, 1939)
  • Fuels and petroleum based fuels (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.118, no.5, pp. 208–222, 1939)
  • Methane in connection with national defense [7] (Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Romania No. 10, 1942)
  • Condensation of oxibenzaldehyde and nitrobenzaldehyde with 2.7 dinitrofluorura (European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol.75, no.12, ISSN 1434-1948, pp. 2017–2018, 1942)
  • Organic nitrogen compounds (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry), vol.125, no.1, pp. 48–57, 1943
  • The reaction of methane with zinc chloride Angewandte Chemie, vol.56, no. 35-36, ISSN 0044-8249, pp. 247–248, 1943

References
  1. (in Romanian) Coleta de Sabata, Ioan Munteanu - Remember: Professors of Polytechnic School of Timișoara, Timișoara: Helicon Publishing House, 1993, ISBN 973-9133-44-4, p. 4
  2. (in Romanian) Paul D.Popescu, Women of Prahova, from today, yesterday and before – Maria Cândea (Prahova Newspaper)
  3. (in Romanian) Short history of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. (in English) List of the members of the Academy of Sciences of Romania (ASR) (1936-1948) p.3 Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. (in English) Microsoft Academic Search: Author Constantin Cândea Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today
  6. (in English) Publications of Constantin Cândea Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today
  7. (in Romanian) Elvira Botez, Academy of Sciences of Romania. Its history. (Romanian Academy, Noema. Vol. VI, 2007) p. 89 Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by
Marin Bănărescu		 Rector of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara
1946–1947		 Succeeded by
Ilie G. Murgulescu
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