CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania --Romanian biologist and speleologist Emil Racovițăfounded the world's first Speleological Institute
on 26 April 1920 (later named The Emil Racoviță Speleologic Institute
), according to the World Record Academy.
The World's first biologist to study the arctic life, Emil Racovitais considered to be, together with René Jeannel, one of the founders of biospeleology
. He was particularly interested in isopoda, of which he discovered many.
Emil Racoviță continued his research, contributing to speleology and exploring over 1,400 caves in France, Spain, Algeria, Italy, and Slovenia. He is considered to be, together with René Jeannel, one of the founders of biospeleology.
In 1919, Racoviță became head of the Biology Department at the Upper Dacia University (now the Babeș-Bolyai University) in Cluj. He founded the world's first Speleological Institute on 26 April 1920 there.
World's first biologist to study the arctic life: Emil Racovita
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