Profesorul Petre Gârboviceanu (1862-1934). O viață închinată școlii și bisericii
PROFESSOR PETRE GÂRBOVICEANU (1862-1934). A LIFE DEDICATED TO SCHOOL AND CHURCH

Summary/Abstract: Teacher Petre Gârboviceanu is one of the prominent figures who have carried out a richactivity in organizing the Romanian educational process and making it progress. His activity is similarto that of SpiruHaret and both of themcan be regarded as founders and organizers of the modernRomanian education.Petre was born on June 27th, 1862, in a priest’s family. He studied Theology in RâmnicuVâlceaand Bucharest, then received a scholarship to Germany, obtaining a PhD in Philosophy. Returning tohis home country, he received a job as a teacher at the Normal School in Bucharest, where he later tookthe role of principal.In the same period, he became the headmaster of the Central Seminary inBucharest.He was elected deputy of Mehedinţi and took the opportunity to support the universal vote. Healso believed in the idea of giving peasants land of their own. Together with SpiruHaret, he founded thepopular Albina magazine, which would circulate through villages, in order to promote education,Christian morals, and culture without any political influences.Petre established the Association of Teaching Staff Members, became a member of the PressSociety, a member of the Education Law Committee, a member of the Curriculum Committee, etc.On January 30th, 1929, after more than forty years of activity,school teacher Gârboviceanuretired. With this occasion, Patriarch Miron Cristea gave praise for his fruitful work, saying amongother things "you were not only a school teacher, but of a whole nation." On December 31st, 1934, thebold Petre Gârboviceanu, who dedicated his entire life to the progress of Romanian culture, passedaway, leaving behind his legacy and a great example for future generations.

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