Maria Cândea

44°24′14″N 26°05′59″E / 44.40381°N 26.099685°E / 44.40381; 26.099685Alma materSorbonneEmployer(s)Queen Marie Normal School for Girls, PloieștiSpouseConstantin Cândea (1887–1971)

Maria Cândea (Romanian pronunciation: [marja ˈkɨnde̯a]; October 2, 1889 – April 16, 1974) was a Romanian French language and literature teacher, Doctor of Letters, who founded and led as School director the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls in Ploiești.[1]

Biography

Constantin Cândea and Maria (Antoniade) Cândea

Born Maria Antoniade, she graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris with a Doctor of Letters degree, then worked as a French language teacher.

On November 10, 1918, she was appointed Principal the Girls' Preparatory School for Teachers in Gherghița.[1] This educational unit was transformed into the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls in 1919, and in 1920 it moved to Ploiești under the leadership of Cândea to the place where it still operates today as the Queen Marie National Pedagogical College.[2][3]

She was married to Constantin Cândea, a professor of Chemistry and Rector at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara. Maria Cândea was the School director of the Queen Marie Normal School for Girls (now Queen Marie National Pedagogical College) until the autumn of 1930, when she left for Timișoara.[4] She died on April 16, 1974, at the age of 84 and was buried in the Bellu Cemetery, figure 4, in Bucharest.

References

  1. ^ a b "Istoric" (in Romanian). Colegiul Național Pedagogic "Regina Maria" Municipiul Ploiești. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Paul D. Popescu (May 1, 2012). "Femei Prahovene de azi, de ieri si mai demult – Maria Cândea (I)" [Women of Prahova, from today, yesterday and before – Maria Cândea (I)]. Prahova. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Paul D. Popescu (May 8, 2012). "Femei Prahovene de azi, de ieri si mai demult – Maria Cândea (II)". Prahova. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Paul D. Popescu (May 15, 2012). "Femei Prahovene de azi, de ieri si mai demult – Maria Cândea (III)". Prahova. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

Further reading

  • (in Romanian) Paul D. Popescu "Women of Prahova, from today, yesterday and before – Maria Cândea" Part IV Prahova newspaper, May 22, 2012
  • (in Romanian) Prof. dr. Al. I. Bădulescu "Professor Emeritus Paul D. Popescu, 90 years since his birth" Prahova newspaper July 15, 2017
  • (in Romanian) Liviu Onu, Ileana Vîrtosu, Maria Rafailă - Scrisori către Ovid Densușianu, Volumul 1, (Letters to Ovid Densușianu, volume 1) Minerva Publishing House, 1979, p. XI, 14, 15