Alexandru Papiu Ilarian Explained

Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (27 September 1827  -) 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 oxcart 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.

External links

• Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
• Colegiul National "Alexandru Papiu Ilarian" Tg-Mures: Alexandru Papiu Ilarian

Notes and References

1. [Vasile Pârvan]
2. Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=0GUsAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alexandru+Papiu-Ilarian%22++%22budiu+de+campie%22 Anuarul Institutului de Istorie "George Bariț" din Cluj-Napoca: Series historica, Volumul 44
4. Sorin Mitu. National Identity of Romanians in Transylvania
5. Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
6. Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
7. Liviu Botezan. Dicționar al personalităților Revoluției de la 1848-1849 din Banat și Transilvania
8. Web site: Kellogg . Frederick . 13 June 2020 . A history of Romanian historical writing . 27 . 4 August 2023 . Academia.edu.
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=J3A6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Academiei+Rom%C3%A2ne+din+1868,+el+a+contribuit+%C5%9Fi+%C3%AEn+aceast%C4%83+calitate+la+progresul+studiilor+istorice+%C5%9Fi+filologice,+f%C4%83c%C3%AEnd%22 Anuarul Institutului de Istorie și Arheologie "A.D. Xenopol
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=H8cVAQAAMAAJ&q=%22a+lui+Papiu+l-a+constituit+pasionant%C4%83+sa+pledoarie+din+1873+pentru+Cauza+bivolarilor+din+Giurgiu%2C+care+i-a+oferit+%C3%AEnc%C4%83+odat%C4%83%22 Memoriile Secției de Științe Istorice