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Чернова:Александър Найденович

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Alexander Naydenovich

Alexander Naydenovich was born on February 7, 1858 in the city of Edirne, Ottoman Empire, the son of Dr. Ivan Naydenovich, one of the first Bulgarian medical doctors who graduated in Medicine in Florence (Italy), and Eleni Naydenovich, the daughter of a Greek merchant from Athens.

Naydenovich received his primary education in his hometown, and secondary and higher education in Chemistry in Athens. After that, he specialized pharmacy and toxicology for two years in Paris.[1] He was the first citizen of the newly created Principality of Bulgaria, specializing in pharmacy and toxicology at The Sorbonne, Paris (1881-1883).

After his return, he initially settled in Plovdiv, then in Eastern Rumelia. On May 1, 1884, he was appointed assistant to Dr. Shostanik, professor of pharmacy at the Medical School in Constantinople, and later the same year became Head of the Chemical Laboratory at the Medical Board of the Eastern Rumelia Sanitary Society, which assigned him to study the mineral waters of Merichleri.[2] Immediately after the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885, he was appointed Chief Pharmacist of the Bulgarian army. After the departure of Albert Tagarten to Russia, he was appointed acting and later Head of the Chemical Laboratory in Sofia.[3] In 1886, together with Dr. Stoyan Chomakov, he published a study of the Sliven mineral springs in the magazine "Health" [4] . In 1891, he published in the State Gazette the first data on the composition of the thermal mineral waters of the town (then village) of Bankya.[5] At the beginning of the 20th century, he studied for the first time the iron-enriched mineral water of the Bulgarian town of Breznik.[6] He is one of the pioneers of balneotherapy and the study of mineral waters in Bulgaria [7] . He was Chief Pharmacist at the Directorate for the Protection of Public Health until 1915 [1]

Alexander Naydenovich was the first lecturer in toxicology at the Higher School in Sofia [8] and is a founding member of the Bulgarian Chemical Society.[3] In 1918, after the exit of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from the First World War, the French general Louis Franchet d'Esperet, head of the Entente mission in the Kingdom, arrived in Sofia and stayed in the house of Alexander Naydenovich, directly opposite the current Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sofia .

Alexander Naydenovich's sister Efrosina is the wife of the Bulgarian general Stefan Toshev.

He is the recipient of numerous high government awards, including the Order of Civil Merit, the Cross for the Independence of Bulgaria 1908, as well as other Bulgarian, German and French awards.

Died July 10, 1927 and was buried in the Sofia Central Cemetery. According to his will, the "Alexander Naydenovich" fund was established, which financially supported the development of the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria [9] .

Tombstone and family burial place of Alexander Naydenovich in Sofia Central Cemetery, Plot 52
  1. а б Галчев, Илия. Здравно-социалната дейност на Българската екзархия в Македония и Тракия (1870 – 1913). София, 1994. ISBN 954-8465-17-5. с. 186 – 187.
  2. Янев, Георги. Меричлери в историята и в мен. гр. Хасково, "Полиграфия", 2009.
  3. а б Георгиев, Минчо и др. Към историята на академичното медицинско образование в България. София, Издателска къща "Св. Георги Победоносец", 2017. ISBN 978-619-7283-12-9.
  4. Найденович, Александър и др. Анализ на водите от сливенските минерални бани // сп. "Здравие" 13. 1886-09-01. с. 102-103.
  5. Найденович, Александър. Термални минерални води в с. Банки, Софийска околия // Държавен вестник Бр. 98. 1891-05-07.
  6. Брезнишката желязна минерална вода и паркът „Бърдото“ - 02.10.2023 // Българско Национално Радио. 2023-10-02. Посетен на 2024-02-17.
  7. Пенчев, Павел и др. Находищата на минерални води в района на София // Българска Асоциация по Подземни Води. София, Печатница "Демакс" АД, 2011. ISBN 978-954-92780-1-9. с. 3.
  8. Христов, Д. и др. Преподавателите във физико-математическия факултет за времето 1889-1939 г. // Physico-Mathematical Journal 67. 1993. с. 306.
  9. Найденов, Н. Из историята на Съюза на химиците в България. Част 2. // Химия и индустрия 75(3-4). 2004. с. 77-80.