Constantin Cândea

Constantin Cândea was a Romanian chemist, professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., engineer, and later Rector at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947.

Life

Born in Mărgineni, Bacău County, Cândea graduated from Prince Ferdinand High School in Bacău in 1907, and in 1911 from Königlich Bayerische Technische Hochschule München, now Technical University Munich.
He was married to Maria Cândea, née Antoniade, a teacher of French with higher education in France, who was headmistress of the Queen Marie High School of Pedagogy for Girls in Ploiești.
In the first year of activity of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara initiated by the Royal Decree No. 4822 of November 11, 1920 of King Ferdinand I, Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Cândea created the Chemistry Laboratory and Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Stăncescu initiated the Physics Laboratory.
Cândea was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences since December 21, 1935 and a full member since December 20, 1936. He was Rector of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947. In 1967 he was awarded the, 3rd class.
He died at the age of 83 and was buried in the Bellu Cemetery, figure 4, in Bucharest.

Cândea published numerous works, including:

, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.96, no.7,, pp. 276–276, 1934
, Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3,, pp. 118–118, 1934
, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3-4, pp. 118–118, 1934
, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.110, no.5, pp. 206–208, 1937
, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.108, no.9, pp. 340–345, 1939
, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.118, no.5, pp. 208–222, 1939
Methane in connection with national defense, Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Romania No. 10, 1942
, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol.75, no.12,, pp. 2017–2018, 1942
, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.125, no.1, pp. 48–57, 1943
, Angewandte Chemie, vol.56, no. 35–36,, pp. 247–248, 1943