George Tofan

George Tofan
Born 5 November [O.S. 17 November] 1880
Bilca, Austria-Hungary
Died 15 July 1920(1920-07-15) (aged 39)
Cernăuţi
Nationality Austro-Hungary
Romania
Alma mater Chernivtsi University
Occupation Teacher
Known for journalist
Political party National Moldavian Party
Religion Eastern Orthodoxy

George Tofan (5 November [O.S. 17 November] 1880, Bilca - 15 July 1920, Cernăuţi) was a writer and official from Austro Hungary, Moldavian Democratic Republic, and Romania.[1] He was the editor in chief of Şcoala magazine (1907); also, George Tofan was a journalist and official in Chişinău.[2][3]

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 literară” (1904), Viața Românească (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 şi Literatura Română în 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 Şcoala Moldovenească in Chişinău; there he was a founder of the National Moldavian Party. On 6 November 1918 he was appointed as school inspector in Chişinău and in April 1919 Tofan was "Departamentul Instrucţiunii Publice din Bucovina" in Cernăuţi.[4]

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