Constantin Giurescu (historian)

This article is about Constantin Giurescu, Romanian historian, titular member of the Romanian Academy. For the professor of the University of Bucharest, see Constantin C. Giurescu. For the football manager, see Constantin Giurescu (football manager).
Constantin Giurescu

Constantin Giurescu (10 August 1875–28 October 1918) was a Romanian historian. In 1914, he became a titular member of the Romanian Academy.[1]

Biography

Giurescu was born in Chiojdu, Buzău County and studied at the Saints Peter and Paul High School in Ploiești. He graduated in July 1898 from the University of Bucharest with a diploma in Philosophy and Letters. He taught history at the Unirea High School in Focșani from 1898 to 1902. In 1900 he met Elena Antonescu (b. 1880), the daughter of Costache Antonescu, a local merchant, and married her in January 1901. In October of that year they had a son, Constantin C. Giurescu, who went on to become a noted historian.[2]

In 1902–1903 Giurescu was the principal at the Hasdeu High School in Buzău.[2][3] After a stay in Vienna, he settled in Bucharest, where he taught at the Cantemir Vodă High School,[4] starting in 1906. In 1909 he joined the faculty at the University of Bucharest. That year he was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, and în 1912 he became titular member of the academy.[3]

He died in Bucharest as a result of the 1918 flu pandemic.[5]

There is a bust of Giurescu in Odobești;[2] a school in Chiojdu is named after him.

Works

  • Constantin Giurescu; Neculaĭ Costin; Istratie Dabija; Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir (1913). Letopisețul țării Moldovei de la Istratie Dabija până la domnia a doua a lui Antioh Cantemir, 1661–1705. Bucharest. OCLC 606329875.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Notes

  1. ^ (in Romanian) Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent at the Romanian Academy site; accessed July 31, 2013
  2. ^ a b c Borcea, Ștefan (April 25, 2018). "Cum au refuzat edilii din Focșani o donație a bustului marelui istoric Constantin Giurescu. Odobeștenii se laudă astăzi cu lucrarea". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Astăzi despre: Constantin Giurescu – la 23 de ani era profesor la Liceul Unirea din Focșani, iar la 37 de ani era membru titular al Academiei Române – moare la 44 de ani răpus de gripa spaniolă". Ziarul de Vrancea (in Romanian). October 27, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Istoric" (in Romanian). Cantemir Vodă National College. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  5. ^ (in Romanian) "Dinu C. Giurescu: 'Bunicul a murit de gripă spaniolă'", Adevărul, November 9, 2009; accessed July 31, 2013