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Andrei Filotti (1930-)/biography

Andrei Filotti is a Romanian-born engineer, specialized in water management. In 1961-1962 he coordinated the elaboration of the National Plan for the Development of Romania's Water Resources, which established the orientation of the multipurpose use in the following decades. Afterwards, as Chief Engineer of the Research and Design Institute for Water Management he had the responsibility of coordinating the design of detailed water development schemes for specific projects for water use, flood prevention and water quality protection, ensuring their consistency with the general provisions of the National Plaon. For his contribution to the economic development of Romania, he was awarded the Order of Work (Romanian: Ordinul Muncii)

He worked in water management related research having essential contributions in the field of mathematical modelling and use of operations research applied to water management and in the field of economics of water resources development. He was professor of water management and river training at the Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering of the Nicolae Bălcescu Agronomic Institute (now University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest.

Andrei Filotti left Romania in 1982. He worked as Chief Technical Advisor in the United Nations Secretariat coordinating projects in India, Bangladesh, Chad, Senegal, Nigeria and other countries. After retiring from the United Nations Organization he continued working as a consultant for various organizations such as the Asian Development Bank and USAID, concentrating besides environmental engineering also on activities related to fighting corruption.

Andrei Filotti is member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), the General Society of Romanian Engineers (Romanian: Asociația Generală a Inginerilor din România - AGIR) ahd the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS).

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Andrei Filotti as 3rd-grader (1938)

Andrei Filotti as 3rd-grader (1938)

Andrei Filotti was born in Bucharest on October 27, 1930. His father Eugen Filotti was a Romanian diplomat, and his mother Elisabeta Filotti née Taşcă was the daughter of Gheorghe Taşcă, a Romanian economist and politician, who at that time was rector of the Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies.

From 1936 to 1940, Andrei Filotti studied in the primary schools of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, where his father was posted as plenipotentiary minister. Then from 1940 to 1947 attended the high school at the Gheorghe Lazăr Lyceum of Bucharest, with the exception of school year 1944/45 when he attended school at the Dinicu Golescu Lyceum of Câmpulung-Muscel. Passing the last two classes in a single year, Andrei Filotti graduated as first of his class. He then enrolled as student in the Faculty of Electromechanics of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. - Read more!


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Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918)Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)Abigail Brown Brooks (1808-1889)Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mary Adams (1667-1706)Joseph Adams (1626-1694)Abigail Baxter (1634-1692)Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Danielle Alberts (1850-1928)Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Sarah Aldrich (1789-1877)William Aldrich (1763-1815)Jannet Morrill (1765-1813)New Ashford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
John George Argent (1854-1918)John Argent (c1826-1892)Louisa Ann Laxton (c1829-1918)Peachey Belt, South Australia, Australia
Herbert John Austin (1891-1892)Frank Urquhart Austin (c1854-1916)Catherine Levingston (1856-1942)Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Maria Barbara Bach (1877-aft1911)Johann Georg Bach (1836-1903)Elizabethe Margarethe Schauer (1839-1917)Germany
Michael Bacon IV (bef1639-1707)Michael Bacon (1608-1688)Mary Jeve (1607-1655)Winston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Jane Porter Bailey (1870-1941)Henry Bailey (1837-1920)Elizabeth Edwards (1837-1909)Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
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Nehemiah Abbott (1692-1767)Nehemiah Abbott (1667-1750)Abigail Lovejoy (1669-1747)Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
William Lawrence Adair (1858-1942)John Thompson Adair (1812-1891)Mary Ann Hancock (1834-1912)Tennessee, United States
Andrew Allan (1798-1837)David Allen (1778-1852)Sophia Johnston (-1821)Moorebank, New South Wales, Australia39
Lenora Floreda Ard (1887-1967)Moses Caswell "Bunk" Ard (1857-1934)Elizabeth McKenzie (1855-1931)Washington Parish
Mary Atwell (1745-1820)New London, Connecticut, United States
Hannah Auffarth (1880-1949)San Francisco, California, United States
Sarah Baker (1693-1743)William Baker (1655-1702)Elizabeth Dutton (1659-1698)Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hannah Barnes (1712-1789)John Barnes (1666-1752)Hannah Howe (1677-1742)Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Henrich Beckenholdt (1852-1939)John W. Beckenholdt (1829-1906)Wilhelmina Becken (1830-1900)Arkansas City, Kansas, United States
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Jonas Harold Alcock (1843-1933)Frederick Alcock (1807-1869)Mary Ann Green (1805-1864)Harriet Tivey (1847-1884)Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Louisa Alford (c1854-c1927)John Alford (1814-1882)Hannah Gutsell (1824-1903)John Wood (1842-1928)Bellinger River, New South Wales, Australia
Joseph Wright Alsop (1910-1989)Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953)Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886-1971)Susan Mary Jay (1918-2004)Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Gerrit Appelman (1742-1809)Gerrit Appelman (1705-1781)Willempje Pieters (1714-1753)Geesje Schaper (1745-1812)Westwoud, North Holland, Netherlands
Mariette Symonds Barney (1810-1886)Robert Barney (1786-1877)Chloe May Ramsdell (1791-1823)Asa Starkweather Calkins (1809-1873)Whitehall, Washington County, New York, United States
Lidia Basilescu (c1893-1933)Nicolae Basilescu (1860-1938)Ecaterina Pascal (c1865-1900)Henri-Vasile Bogdan (1887-1966)Bucharest, Romania
Mary Beckett (1800-1857)James Beckett (c1758-c1808)Ann Calcutt (-c1821)Thomas Best (1799-1874)St Johns, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Susan Agnes Bernard (1836-1920)Thomas James Bernard (c1800-1850)Theodora Foulkes Hewitt (1802-1875)John Alexander Macdonald (1815-1891)St George's, London, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Best (1799-1874)George Best (c1763-1836)Martha Chamberlain (c1778-1833)Mary Beckett (1800-1857)St Johns, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
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Olive Andrews (1818-1879)John Andrews (1791-1886)Mary Morse (1791-)Lyman Omer Littlefield (1819-1893)Adams County, Illinois
Nathaniel Ellery (1683-1761)William Ellery (1642-1696)Mary Coit (1655-1730)Ann Sargent (1692-1782)Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Augusta Fane (1786-1871)John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (1759-1841)Sarah Anne Child (1764-1793)Arthur Paget (1771-1840)
George James Finch, 11th Earl of Winchilsea (1815-1887)George William Finch, 10th Earl of Winchilsea (1791-1858)Georgiana Charlotte Graham (1791-1835)Elizabeth Georgiana Conyngham (1829-1904)
Henry William Herbert (1807-1858)William Herbert (1778-1847)Letitia Dorothea Allen (-1878)Adela Rebecca Budlong (-1862)Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1490-1568)Friedrich II. von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (1460-1536)Sofia of Poland (1464-1512)Anna Maria von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen (1532-1568)Königsberg
Rachel Ridgeway Ivins (1821-1909)Caleb Wright Ivins (1784-1827)Edith Ridgeway (1789-1831)George Davis Grant (1812-1876)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
James Monroe Jackson (1825-1901)John Jay Jackson (1800-1877)Emma G Beeson (1800-1842)Lucy Fearing Kincheloe (1838-1918)Wood County, West Virginia, United States
Lyman Omer Littlefield (1819-1893)Waldo Littlefield (1797-1879)Mercy Higgins (1795-1845)Adeline Amarilla Hamblin (1823-1895)Adams County, Illinois, United States
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Uhhh...Princess Amélia Margarida Celina de Solárius-Valenhurst's parents?

HOW ARE HER PARENTS MARRIED ALREADY?! THEY AREN'T THE LEGAL AGE TO BE MARRIED!!

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UK 1939 Register - free month from Findmypast in 2025

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1801-1831 British censuses

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