George Potra
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George Potra (1907 - 1990) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian historian. He was describeed[by whom?] as the most important historian of Bucharest, and was the father of the historian . He was born in 1907 in Săcuieu, Cluj County, but in 1911 his family moved to Bucharest, capital of the Romanian Old Kingdom, where his father worked as a glazier.
At Matei Basarab High School where he studied, his schoolmates were Constantin Noica and Barbu Brezianu.
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His main work is Bucureștii de ieri, in 2 volumes, published in March 1990. Other historical works:
- Contribuțiuni la istoricul țiganilor din România
- Hanurile bucureștene.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1990 deaths
- People from Cluj County
- Romanian Austro-Hungarians
- Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Romania
- Romanian historians
- 20th-century historians
- Romanian writer stubs
- European historian stubs
- Romanian history stubs