Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (27 September 1827 – 23 October [ O.S. 11 October] 1877) was a Romanian revolutionary, lawyer and historian. [1]
Papiu Ilarian was born in Bezded ( Hungarian: Bezdédtelek), Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Gârbou, Romania) on 27 September 1827. [2] His father was the Greek-catholic priest Ioan Bucur Pop, also a Romanian revolutionary, who was executed at Turda ( Hungarian: Torda) by hanging, at 54 years old, by the Hungarian authorities in March 1849. [3] [4] In 1832 he moved with his family to Budiu de Câmpie ( Hungarian: Mezőbodon), near Târgu Mureș ( Hungarian: Marosvásárhely), the native village of his father. [5] where he attends the primary school. In the autumn of 1838 he enters the Catholic secondary school in Târgu Mureş. [6] He finished high school in Cluj ( Hungarian: Kolozsvár) and obtain a doctorate of laws at the University of Padua. [7] [8] He was active in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
He was a founder and president of the Transylvania Society, between 1867 and 1874. He was elected to the Romanian Academy in 1868. [9] As member of the Bar in Bucharest, he pleaded in court the case of the ox cart drivers from Giurgiu, in 1873. [10] He died in Sibiu ( Hungarian: Nagyszeben) on 23 October 1877, and is buried at the Church between the Fir trees.
References
- ^ Vasile Pârvan. Corespondenţă şi acte
- ^ Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
- ^ Anuarul Institutului de Istorie "George Bariț" din Cluj-Napoca: Series historica, Volumul 44
- ^ Sorin Mitu. National Identity of Romanians in Transylvania
- ^ Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
- ^ Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
- ^ Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
- ^ Kellogg, Frederick (13 June 2020). "A history of Romanian historical writing". Academia.edu. p. 27. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Anuarul Institutului de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol
- ^ Memoriile Secției de Științe Istorice (Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1978)
External links
- Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
- Colegiul National "Alexandru Papiu Ilarian" Tg-Mures: Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
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