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1. Pic biography
   
   • Died: 23 Sept 1984 in Cluj, Romania .
     
   • He graduated from secondary school in 1925 and entered the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Cluj.
     
   • Cluj (known also by its German name, Klausenburg, and its Hungarian name, Kolozsvar) had, with the rest of Transylvania, been incorporated into Romania in 1919, just five years before Pic went to study there.
     
   • The University in Cluj, which had been named the Franz Joseph University since 1881, became a Romanian institution and was officially opened as such by King Ferdinand on 1 February 1920.
     
   • (The Hungarian university in Cluj moved first to Budapest, then to Szeged.) Pic obtained his first degree in 1928 from the Romanian King Ferdinand University of Cluj, then continued to study for his 'capability examination' (essentially equivalent to a Master's degree) in mathematics and physics in 1930.
     
   • He had already taught in this school while doing his undergraduate degree at Cluj, and they were glad to be able to employ such a talented teacher again.
     
   • He became an honorary assistant to Theodor Angheluta in the Department of Algebra at the University of Cluj, a position he was to hold for three years while he supported himself financially with his teaching position in Gherla.
     
   • He was named professor in the Department of Algebra at the University of Cluj on 1 November 1945 but we should explain some of the events which had affected the university.
     
   • In 1940, after the start of World War II, the Hungarian university was moved back from Szeged to Cluj, and the Romanian university in Cluj moved to Sibiu and Timisoara.
     
   • In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Romanian University returned to Cluj and was named Babes University (after the Romanian natural scientist Victor Babes).
     
   • Parts of the Hungarian university in Cluj moved back to Szeged, while that part which remained in Cluj was named the Bolyai University (after Janos Bolyai).
     
   • Pic remained at the university in Cluj until 1952.
     
   • In September 1957 he returned to Cluj.
     
   • His period as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics was a particularly important one since in 1959 the Babes University and the Bolyai University in Cluj joined to became the Babes-Bolyai University.
     
   • The influence of Pic on the University of Cluj was very marked.
     
   • He founded the modern algebraic school there, played a major role in the development of the teaching of modern mathematics in Cluj, as well as doing important work building up the mathematics library.
     

2. Calugareanu biography
   
   • Died: 15 Nov 1976 in Cluj, Romania .
     
   • Gheorghe Calugareanu was a natural scientist who went on to serve as rector of the University of Cluj.
     
   • After graduating from the famous secondary school, Calugareanu entered the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Cluj.
     
   • Cluj (known also by its German name, Klausenburg, and its Hungarian name, Kolozsvar) had, with the rest of Transylvania, been incorporated into Romania in 1919, just over a year before Calugareanu went to study there.
     
   • The University in Cluj, which had been named the Franz Joseph University since 1881, became a Romanian institution and was officially opened as such by King Ferdinand on 1 February 1920.
     
   • (The Hungarian university in Cluj moved first to Budapest, then to Szeged.) The university in Cluj was named King Ferdinand I University and it was at this university that Calugareanu studied from 1921 until 1924.
     
   • After Calugareanu returned to Romania he worked mainly in Cluj.
     
   • In 1940, after the start of World War II, the Hungarian university was moved back from Szeged to Cluj, and the Romanian university in Cluj moved to Sibiu and Timisoara.
     
   • In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Romanian University returned to Cluj and was named Babes University (after the Romanian natural scientist Victor Babes).
     
   • Parts of the Hungarian university in Cluj moved back to Szeged, while that part which remained in Cluj was named the Bolyai University (after Janos Bolyai).
     
   • Due to the high quality of his teaching and his scientific research, Calugareanu became one of the most important professors at the University of Cluj.
     
   • In 1959 the Babes University and the Bolyai University in Cluj joined to became the Babes-Bolyai University.
     
   • His remarkable contributions to the theory of meromorphic functions and univalent functions mean that he is considered as the founder of the school of the geometric theory of univalent functions at Cluj.
     
   • Iacob writes in [Mathematica (Cluj) 19(42) (1) (1977/78), 5-11.',2)">2] about Calugareanu's mathematical contributions:- .
     
   • In fact Calugareanu spoke of about the tension between pure and applied mathematics in his autobiographical paper [Mathematica (Cluj) 19(42) (1) (1977/78), 5-11.',2)">2].
     
   • The paper [Mathematica (Cluj) 19(42) (1) (1977/78), 5-11.',2)">2] allows us to glimpse other aspects of Calugareanu's approach to mathematics.
     

3. Rado Ferenc biography
   
   • Died: 27 Nov 1990 in Cluj, Romania .
     
   • He began again his university studies, this time at the University of Cluj.
     
   • In 1950 he was appointed to the University of Cluj.
     
   • Now Cluj (known also by its German name, Klausenburg, and its Hungarian name, Kolozsvar) had, with the rest of Transylvania, been incorporated into Romania in 1919, two years before Rado was born.
     
   • The University in Cluj, which had been named the Franz Joseph University since 1881, became a Romanian institution and was officially opened as such by King Ferdinand on 1 February 1920.
     
   • (The Hungarian university in Cluj moved first to Budapest, then to Szeged.) In 1940, Hungary captured the part of Romania containing Cluj, the Hungarian university was moved back from Szeged to Cluj, and the Romanian university in Cluj moved to Sibiu and Timisoara.
     
   • In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Romanian University returned to Cluj and was named Babes University (after the Romanian natural scientist Victor Babes).
     
   • Parts of the Hungarian university in Cluj moved back to Szeged, while that part which remained in Cluj was named the Bolyai University (after Janos Bolyai).
     
   • In 1959 the Babes University and the Bolyai University in Cluj joined to became the Babes-Bolyai University and Rado continued to teach there.
     
   • He was promoted to full professor of mathematics at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj in 1969 and he held this position until he retired in 1985.
     

4. Iacob biography
   
   • On 15 March 1938 he was named assistant in the Faculty of Science at the University of Cluj.
     
   • At Cluj he worked in the departments of Analytic Geometry, descriptive Geometry, Analysis, and Complex Functions.
     
   • We should say a little about the history of the University of Cluj since this is relevant to Iacob's career.
     
   • The University in Cluj, which had been named the Franz Joseph University since 1881, became a Romanian institution and was officially opened as such by King Ferdinand on 1 February 1920.
     
   • (The Hungarian university in Cluj moved first to Budapest, then to Szeged.) The university in Cluj was named King Ferdinand I University and it was at this university that Iacob was appointed in 1938.
     
   • However in 1940, after the start of World War II, the Hungarian university was moved back from Szeged to Cluj, and the Romanian university in Cluj moved to Sibiu and Timisoara.
     
   • In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Romanian University returned to Cluj and was named Babes University (after the Romanian natural scientist Victor Babes).
     
   • Parts of the Hungarian university in Cluj moved back to Szeged, while that part which remained in Cluj was named the Bolyai University (after Janos Bolyai).
     
   • Now Iacob had moved away from Cluj in 1939 when he was appointed as an assistant in the Faculty of Mechanics at Bucharest University, but he returned to the University of Cluj in 1942 when he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of General Mathematics.
     
   • From this time he worked in Cluj until he was named professor of mechanics in the Department of Mechanics and Physics at the University of Bucharest on 14 October 1950.
     
   • In 1952-53 he was vice-rector of the University but he was not to end his association with Cluj for he returned there for the two years 1967-69.
     
   • He came back to Cluj into a new section of Fluid Mechanics which had just been set up and there he introduced an aerodynamics course.
     
   • Even though he was only back at Cluj for a comparatively short period, he organised research seminars on fluid mechanics and many members of the existing staff became his doctoral students at this time.
     
   • This contained material on classical hydrodynamics and compressible-flow theory which Iacob had included in his lecture courses at Cluj during 1947-49 and also material which he had delivered at conferences in Bucharest in 1950.
     

5. Wald biography
   
   • Born: 31 Oct 1902 in Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) .
     
   • After World War I much of the land that had been part of Hungary was given to neighbouring countries and at that time Cluj became part of Romania.
     
   • Wald was allowed to attend the University of Cluj but it appears that this was not made easy for him because he was Jewish.
     

6. Apaczai biography
   
   • Died: 31 Dec 1659 in Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) .
     
   • Apaczai studied in Kolozsvar (today Cluj) and in Gyulafehervar (Alba-Iulia) but, having no family, it proved difficult for him to support himself financially during his education, and twice he was forced to interrupt his studies because he did not have the financial means to continue.
     
   • Prince Gyorgy Rakoczi II sent Apaczai to become head of the College at Kolozsvar (Cluj) in 1656.
     

7. Bolyai biography
   
   • Born: 15 Dec 1802 in Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) .
     
   • Janos was born in Zsuzsanna's parents home in Kolozsvar (now renamed Cluj in Romania) but soon went to Marosvasarhely where his father Farkas had a job at the Calvinist College teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry.
     
   • In 1945 a university in Cluj was named after him but it was closed down by Ceaucescu's government in 1959.
     

8. Redei biography
   
   • Cluj (known also by its German name, Klausenburg, and its Hungarian name, Kolozsvar) had, with the rest of Transylvania, been incorporated into Romania in 1919.
     
   • The University in Cluj, which had been named the Franz Joseph University since 1881, became a Romanian institution and was officially opened as such by King Ferdinand on 1 February 1920.
     
   • The Hungarian university in Cluj moved first to Budapest, then to Szeged.
     
   • In 1940, Hungary captured the part of Romania containing Cluj, and the Hungarian university was moved back from Szeged to Cluj.
     
   • A new university was founded in Szeged in the same year and many of the staff chose to remain in Szeged and work at the new university rather than move to Cluj.
     
   • However Gyula Szokefalvi-Nagy left the Bolyai Institute in Szeged and moved to Cluj, with Redei becoming his replacement.
     

9. Lupas biography
   
   • After graduating from the high school he entered Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj.
     
   • Lupas graduated in 1964 and was then appointed as a researcher at the Institute of Numerical Computation of the Romanian Academy in Cluj-Napoca.
     
   • The Romanian Academy had set up the Mathematical Institute at Cluj-Napoca in 1948 and it had become the Institute of Numerical Computation of the Romanian Academy in 1957.
     
   • He graduated with distinction on 28 April 1972 and then returned to Cluj where he undertook research for a second doctorate.
     
   • Before this higher education in Sibiu had been part of the University of Cluj.
     
   • At this point it became part of the Polytechnic School of Cluj-Napoca.
     

10. Valyi biography
    
    • Died: 13 Oct 1913 in Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania) .
      

11. Schlesinger biography
    
    • In 1889 Schlesinger became an associate professor at the University of Berlin; in 1897, invited professor at the University of Bonn, and in the same year he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Kolozsvar, Hungary (now Cluj, Romania).
      
    • During his stay in Kolozsvar (Cluj), Schlesinger contributed significantly to the advancement of mathematics in the city.
      
    • Article by: Gabor Dezso Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (Kolozsvar) .
      

12. Pompeiu biography
    
    • After World War I ended, Pompeiu organised the Mathematics Seminar at the University of Cluj.
      
    • Finally let us mention that Pompeiu, along with Petru Sergescu, founded the journal Mathematica (Cluj) and he was its first editor.
      

13. Riesz biography
    
    • Kolozsvar was no longer in Hungary after the Treaty of Trianon but rather it was in Romania and was renamed Cluj, so the Hungarian University there had to move within the new Hungarian borders and it moved to Szeged in 1920, where there had previously been no university.
      

14. Kerekjarto biography
    
    • It had opened in Szeged in October 1921 after the Treaty of Trianon had given Kolozsvar (now Cluj) to Romania so the Hungarian University moved from Kolozsvar to Szeged.
      

15. Fejer biography
    
    • From 1902 to 1905 Fejer taught at the University of Budapest and from 1905 until 1911 he taught at Kolozsvar in Hungary (now Cluj in Romania).
      

16. Kalmar biography
    
    • Kolozsvar, which was the site of one of Hungary's major universities, was no longer in Hungary after the Treaty of Trianon but rather it was in Romania and was then renamed Cluj, so the Hungarian University there had to move to within the new Hungarian borders.
      

17. Haar biography
    
    • He was appointed as an extraordinary professor at the Franz Josef Royal Hungarian University in Kolozsvar (which is now Cluj in Romania), then in 1917 he became an ordinary professor there being appointed to one of the two chairs of mathematics in the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences.
      

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1. References for Bolyai
   
   • A C Albu, Janos Bolyai and the foundations of geometry (Romanian), in Proceedings of Symposium in Geometry (Cluj-Napoca, 1993), 7-23.
     
   • O Mayer, Janos Bolyai's life and work, in Proceedings of the national colloquium on geometry and topology (Cluj-Napoca, 1982), 12-26.
     
   • T Toro, Janos Bolyai and the geometrization of the fundamental physical forces of nature (Romanian), in Proceedings of the Janos Bolyai Symposium (Cluj-Napoca, 1979), 112-125.
     

2. References for Calugareanu
   
   • G Calugareanu, Un point de vue sur la recherche mathematique, Mathematica (Cluj) 19(42) (1) (1977/78), 5-11.
     
   • C Jacob, Georges Calugareano, l'un des precurseurs de la theorie des fonctions analytiques generalisees, Mathematica (Cluj) 34(57) (2) (1992), 89-97.
     
   • L'academicien Georges Calugareanu (1902-1976), Mathematica (Cluj) 18(41) (2) (1976), 117-118.
     

3. References for Iacob
   
   • A Pal, 'Cluj periods' of the didactic and scientific career of Professor Caius Iacob, Seminar on Mechanic ('Babes-Bolyai' Univ., Cluj-Napoca, 1992), 53-58.
     
   • E Roman, Quelques notes sur l'echo de l'oeuvre de Caius Jacob, Mathematica (Cluj) 24(47) (1-2) (1982), 5-7.
     

4. References for Descartes
   
   • M Tarina, La geometrie de Descartes en perspective historique, in The XVIIIth National Conference on Geometry and Topology (Cluj-Napoca, 1988), 207-208.
     

5. References for Rado Ferenc
   
   • V Groze, M Tarina and A Vasiu, The life and work of the Professor Francisc Rado (1921-1990), Seminar on Geometry ('Babes-Bolyai' Univ., Cluj-Napoca, 1991), 3-18.
     

6. References for Pompeiu
   
   • D V Ionescu, The connections of Dimitrie Pompeiu with the University of Cluj (Romanian), in 'Gheorghe Titeica and Dimitrie Pompeiu' Symposium on Geometry and Global Analysis, Bucharest, 1973 (Editura Acad.
     

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