Nicolae Frolov

Who was Nicolae Frolov?

Nicolae Frolov was a Romanian geologist and agronomist from Bessarabia. He was noted for his work in explicating the hydrology of Bessarabia and as director of the Chișinău National Museum.

Born in Corneşti, Ungheni, Bessarabia, he graduated from Chișinău Theological Seminary and then went to Estonia where in 1904 he graduated from the University of Dorpat. After which he taught at the universities of St, Petersburg, Kiev and Odessa. In 1921, he moved to Chişinău and was appointed as director of the Chișinău Museum. He taught agronmy and agricultural economics at the university there until 1940, when he retired and moved to Romania. He died in Iaşi.