12 Facts About Dragomir Hurmuzescu

Dragomir M Hurmuzescu was a Romanian physicist and inventor, teacher at the University of Iasi and the University of Bucharest, and a correspondent member at the Romanian Academy.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu is the founder of the electrotechnics science in Romania and a scientific collaborator of Marie and Pierre Curie.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu went to primary school on Polona Street, in Sector 1 of Bucharest.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu moved to Upper Normal School, where he received a scholarship for physics at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Bucharest.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu began to publish his works in magazines such as the "Bulletin of the Societe Francaise de Physique" and the "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences".

Shortly after the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen, Dragomir Hurmuzescu announced with Louis Benoist the discovery for the first time of the ionization effect produced by X-ray radiations on electrified gases and bodies.

In 1896, after obtaining his doctorate degree, Dragomir Hurmuzescu returned to Romania and was appointed lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Physics from the University of Iasi.

In December 1904, Dragomir Hurmuzescu received the post of secretary general at the Ministry of Public Instruction and Cults, a political post in the new government.

From this position, Dragomir Hurmuzescu sought ways to establish a more effective experimental education in physio-chemical sciences.

In 1926, Dragomir Hurmuzescu established in Bucharest the first radio broadcasting station in Romania.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu was elected chairman of the Board of Directors at the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company.

Dragomir Hurmuzescu retired in 1937 and died in 1954, aged 89.