Petre S. Aurelian was a Romania

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n politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania

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 between 2 December 1896 and 12 April 1897.

He studied at Saint Sava College

Saint Sava College

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, Bucharest

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 and then in France

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 at the Superior School of Agronomy of Grignon

Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon

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, where he studied between 1856 and 1860. After he returned to Romania, he became an engineer at the Public Works Ministry and a Professor at the Agriculture School of Pantelimon

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, as well as a redactor at the "Monitorul" and "Agronomia" publications.

He was a deputy, a senator, the minister of Public Works (1877–1878 and 1887–1888), of agriculture and of Education (1882–1884).

Aurelian was elected as member of the Romanian Academy

Romanian Academy

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in 1871 and was its president between 1896 and 1897. He died in Bucharest on 24 January 1909.