Meet The Biology Teacher Who Donated His Skeleton For Anatomy

Romanian-teacher

The skeleton belongs to a former headteacher of a Romanian school, Alexandru Grigore Popescu, he was a head teacher in the school for 10 years and taught biology for 50 years. But there was challenge, his students could only learn about the skeleton with books and images. So he decided to give out his skeleton to his students upon his death.

He later died, his will expressly gave scientist the right to extract his skeleton from his body and place the skeleton in his class for learning purposes.

Health and safety officials later confiscated the skeleton for cross-examination; it was socially checked to ensure it was safe for use. Upon positive results, it was put into a glass case and returned to the class room.

History teacher Sorin Stanciu said: “He was made head teacher ten years after starting working there and was famous for the fact that he never missed a class. His skeleton was made into a display in the 1960s after his death and he hasn’t missed a class since then either.”

Sorin says Alexandru of blessed memory was a very dedicated and committed man, for a man who never missed a class, you can only imagine the burning desire he had for teaching his students.

Although it may seem grisly kids at the school said they found it really helpful during classes to have the skeleton. One of the pupils said: “He donated his body so that we could study biology better. Instead of reading off a book, we look at the skeleton and understand better.”

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