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nicolae donici

nicolae donici -lrb- 1/13 september 1874 , chişinău -lrb- currently the republic of moldova -rrb- - 1956 , nice , france ? -rrb-
was a romanian astronomer born in bessarabia .
nicolae donici -lrb- donitch -rrb- was born into an old family of romanian nobles from bessarabia in the petricani region of chişinău .
he graduated from the university in odessa -lrb- ukraine -rrb- .
subsequently he served as state clerk in saint petersburg -lrb- russia -rrb- .
concomittantly he had his own private observatory .
he conducted research in countries such as spain , russia , portugal , indonesia , egypt , turkey , algeria and usa .
he was an honorary member of the romanian academy and doctor honoris causa of the university of heidleberg and of the coimbra institute in portugal .
his main scientific interest were the sun and its eclipses , planetary astronomy , zodiacal light .
the astronomical observatory in dubăsarii vechi -lrb- bessarabia -rrb- , directed by nicolae donici enjoyed a number of astronomers from everywhere : the german : emanuel von der pahlen , the russian emigrants : lev ocoulitch and andrei baikov .
donitch was a member of the international union for solar research , of the international astronomical union -lrb- since its first congress in 1922 -rrb- , of the romanian academy -lrb- since 1922 -rrb- .
in 1948 he was excluded from the academy by communist authorities of romania .
he refugeed to france -lrb- nice -rrb- where he continued to work in the collaboration with henri chrétien and other french astronomers .
in 1991 he was reestablished to the romanian academy .
the grave and the exact date of decease of donitch are not known exactly till present .
he was married to maria perks .
the asteroid 9494 donici is named after him .
the most important publications were signed as donitch .
