Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 42: 141-145, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.2020.42.19
130 Years from the birth of Krum Dronchilov
expand article infoDesislava Varadzhakova§
‡ National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria§ National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography — Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Abstract
The present paper is dedicated to the life and scientific work of assoc. prof. PhD Krum Dronchilov because of the 130th anniversary of his birth in 2019. The article focuses on his background and family, his education and professional career. An overview of his renowned and significant scientific publications is made. Descriptive and analytical methods have been used. Materials of the Faculty of Geology and Geography of the Sofia University, conserved at the State Archives, scientific publications of famous Bulgarian geographers of the last century and of contemporary authors are used as sources of information. As a result, a new, more thorough and comprehensive look at the importance of the research and the contribution of assoc. prof. PhD Krum Dronchilov to the development of geography in the early twentieth century in Bulgaria was made.
Keywords
Krum Dronchilov, biography, geography, anthropogeography, twentieth century