George Tofan

George Tofan
Born	5 November [O.S. 17 November] 1880 Bilca, Austria-Hungary
Died	Cernăuţi
Nationality	Austro-Hungary Romania
Ethnicity	Romanian
Alma mater	Chernivtsi University
Occupation	Teacher
Known for	journalist
Political party	National Moldavian Party

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. He was the editor in chief of Şcoala magazine (1907); also, George Tofan was a journalist and official in Chişinău.

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.

Honours

• Teacher Training Resource Centre “George Tofan”, Suceava
• "George Tofan" Publishing House, Suceava

Works

• „Avram Iancu, viaţa şi activitatea lui”, 1901

External links

• George Tofan
• 120 ani nastre George Tofan