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Nicolae Minovici

Nicolae Minovici
Born(1868-10-23)23 October 1868
Râmnicu Sărat, România
Died26 June 1941(1941-06-26) (aged 72)
Bucharest, Romania
EducationSaint Sava National College
Alma materCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Known forResearch in forensic science, criminology
Scientific career
Thesis Les tatouages en Roumanie  (1898)
Minovici (center) performing an autopsy, c. 1900. To his left (in dark suit, perched) is anatomist Francisc Rainer, then an intern.

Nicolae S. Minovici (23 October 1868 – 26 June 1941) was a Romanian forensic scientist and criminologist who served as head of his country's anthropometric service.[1][2] He is known for his studies investigating connections between tattooing and criminal behaviour,[2] as well as his research on hanging and its physiological effects on the human body.[3][4]

He was the founder of the Legal Medicine Association of Romania and the publisher of the Romanian journal of Legal Medicine.[5] He also served as mayor of Băneasa.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Dr. Nicolae Minovici, founder of The Emergency Services 1868 – 1941". Minovici Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Peter Becker; Richard F. Wetzell (9 January 2006). Criminals and Their Scientists: The History of Criminology in International Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-521-81012-8.
  3. ^ Françoise Cochet (2010). "Choking Game" and other Fainting Games: Practices, Consequences and Prevention – APEAS International Symposium. Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-2-296-26041-2. wrote the Romanian Nicolas Minovici, who hanged himself twelve times for the sake of scientific progress.
  4. ^ Havelock Ellis (2012). Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty, The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity, Auto-Erotism. Tredition. p. 279. ISBN 978-3-8424-9842-6.
  5. ^ Dan Dermengiu. "Letter from the Editor". Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine.

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