Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
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).[7] 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.[8] As member of the Bar in Bucharest, he pleaded in court the case of the oxcart drivers from Giurgiu, in 1873.[9] He died in Sibiu (Hungarian: Nagyszeben) on 23 October 1877.
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
- ↑ 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