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Emil Racoviță
Romanian polar explorer (1868-1947).
Born November 15th, 1868 in Iași. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1947 at 79 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Occupations
botanist, explorer, geologist, speleologist, teacher, university teacher, zoologist
Wikipedia
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