Two conservative prefects: Nicolae P. Guran and Constantin Radu Geblescu
Two conservative prefects: Nicolae P. Guran and Constantin Radu Geblescu

Summary/Abstract: In the present study we approach the activity of Nicolae P. Guran and Constantin Radu Geblescu, two of Dolj County prefects from the end of the 19th century, and the beginning of the 20th century. Two conservatives, whose activity was focused on the supporting of the rural education and culture, they also considered that the issue on addressing the modernization of Romania could be accomplished only through the education of the rural population and the improve-ment of the living conditions (Coord. Acad. Gheorghe Platon: 2003: 191-207). The building of schools and hospitals, the spreading of culture through education and the learning of minimal hygiene norms were few of the objectives of the two conservative prefects, who supported financially, from the budget of the county, the construction of schools and hos-pitals, along with the reorganization of the Superior Trade School, where the children from the rural areas were obtaining high qualification forms. Nicolae P. Guran and Constantin Radu Geblescu filled the position of prefect in Dolj County, between the 12th of April 1899 and the 14th of February 1901, respectively the 24th of December 1904 and the 12th of March 1907.

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