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.

Bibliography[]

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.


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