- Vasile Pârvan
Vasile Pârvan (1882–1927) was a
Romania nhistorian andarchaeologist , born inHuruieşti , nearBacău .He studied history in
Bucharest , withNicolae Iorga as one of his professors. He continued his studies in Germany. HisPh.D. thesis, written in 1909, was titled "The nationality of merchants in theRoman Empire ". Subsequently, he became professor at theUniversity of Bucharest , and was elected member of theRomanian Academy .His main interests were in
prehistoric archaeology andclassical antiquity . He organized severalarchaeological excavation s, the most important one being the one at Histria, from 1914 to 1927.Among the institutions bearing his name are: the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest (an establishment originally founded on
November 3 ,1834 ), and the Vasile Pârvan Museum inBârlad (founded onApril 10 ,1914 ).External links
* [http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/stiinta/parvan.html Biography]
* [http://www.instarhparvan.ro/ Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology]
* [http://www.muzeuparvan.ro/index_en.php Vasile Pârvan Museum]
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