Prominent figures

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  Marcel Guguianu 1922 - 2012
  He attended the primary school and part of the secondary school in Bârlad and finished his secondary education in Galați. Then he attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest (1941 – 1945),
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  Stroe S. Belloescu 1838 - 1912
  Stroe Belloescu was a Romanian teacher and intellectual and a philanthropist, as well. Being convinced that all the troubles, vices and
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  Ernest Juvara 1870 - 1933
  Ernest Juvara was a Romanian physician and an innovator in surgical instrumentation and technique. He was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest and performed research activities in surgery and
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  Nicolae Tonitza (painter) 1886 - 1940
  Nicolae Tonitza (April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic.