Nationality Austro-HungaryRomania Alma mater Chernivtsi University Known for journalist Name George Tofan | Ethnicity Romanian Religion Eastern Orthodoxy Education Chernivtsi University | |
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Died July 15, 1920, Chernivtsi, Ukraine | ||
Scoala George Tofan Bilca
George Tofan (5 November [O.S. 17 November] 1880, Bilca - 15 July 1920, Cernauti) was a writer and official from Austro Hungary, Moldavian Democratic Republic, and Romania. He was the editor in chief of Scoala magazine (1907); also, George Tofan was a journalist and official in Chisinau.
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- Scoala George Tofan Bilca
- Eveniment local Sfinirea colii Gimnaziale George Tofan Bilca
- Biography
- Honours
- Works
- References
Eveniment local - Sfințirea Școlii Gimnaziale „George Tofan” Bilca
Biography
George Tofan was born on 5 November [O.S. 17 November] 1880, in Bilca (Austria-Hungary), studied in Suceava (1892–1900) and graduated from the Chernivtsi University (1904). He contributed to „Junimea literara” (1904), Viata Romaneasca (1906), „Patria”, and „Foaia poporului” (1909). On 31 January 1909 he became the president of the Teacher Training Resource Centre “George Tofan”. Also, he was the secretary of "Societatea pentru Cultura si Literatura Romana in Bucovina". In 1914, George Tofan was appointed as an inspector for the Romanian private schools and director of a school from Bazargic (today Dobrich). In 1917, together with Onisifor Ghibu, George Tofan edited Scoala Moldoveneasca in Chisinau; there he was a founder of the National Moldavian Party. On 6 November 1918 he was appointed as school inspector in Chisinau and in April 1919 Tofan was "Departamentul Instructiunii Publice din Bucovina" in Cernauti.