- Alexandru Borza
Alexandru Borza (1887,
Alba Iulia -3 September 1971 , Cluj) was aRomania n botanist, Greek-Catholic monk and honorary "protopop" of Cluj.As part of a group of a group of
professor s,physician s,soldier s, etc., he helped bringScouting to Romania.In 1923, he founded the Cluj Botanical Garden, which now bears his name. The
Retezat National Park , the first nature park of Romania, was founded in 1935 at his initiative.Before
World War II , he was the president fo the "General Association of the Uniate Romanians" (AGRU), a Greek-Catholic association. For this, he was arrested in 1948, after the communists seized power in Romania.Works
*"Flora şi vegetaţia Văii Sebeşului", Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1959.
*"Nicolae Boscaiu: Introducere în studiul covorului vegetal", Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1965.
*"Dicţionar etnobotanic", Editura Academiei, Bucharest 1968.
*"Amintirile turistice ale unui naturalist călător pe trei continente", Editura Sport-Turism, Bucharest 1987.ee also
External links
*I. Resmeriţă: "Alexandru Borza: biolog român, ctitor al Grădinii Botanice din Cluj", Ed. Litera, Bucharest 1976.
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