Grigore Antipa

Grigore Antipa was a Romanian naturalist, zoologist, ichthyologist, ecologist, oceanologist, and Darwinist biologist known for his work on the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. He served as the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum from 1892 to 1944, which now bears his name. Antipa was also a pioneer in modernizing the museum diorama and was the first to use them in a museum setting. He founded the Romanian School of Hydrobiology and Ichthyology and was instrumental in the creation of the Bioceanographic Institute in Constanța.