Nicolae Frolov

Nicolae Frolov (1876–1948) was a Romanian geologist and agronomist from Bessarabia. He was noted for his work in explicating the hydrology of Bessarabia and as director of the Chişinău National Museum.

Born in Corneşti, Ungheni, Bessarabia, he graduated from Chişinău Theological Seminary and then went to Estonia where in 1904 he graduated from the University of Dorpat (now Tartu). After which he taught at the universities of St, Petersburg, Kiev and Odessa. In 1921, he moved to Chişinău and was appointed as director of the Chişinău Museum. He taught agronmy and agricultural economics at the university there until 1940, when he retired and moved to Romania. He died in Iaşi.

On 1 August 1961, he was posthumously made a member of the Academy of Science of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

References

• Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (eds.) (2007) "Frolov, Nicolae (1876-1948)" Historical Dictionary of Moldova (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, p. 157, ISBN 978-0-8108-5607-3

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Name	Frolov, Nicolae
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Date of birth	1876
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Date of death	1948
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