Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
Romanian revolutionary, lawyer and historian
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Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (27 September 1827 – 23 October [O.S. 11 October] 1877) was a Romanian revolutionary, lawyer and historian.[1]
Alexandru Papiu Ilarian | |
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| Minister of Justice of the United Romanian Principalities | |
| In office 11 October 1863 – 27 February 1864 | |
| Prime Minister | Mihail Kogălniceanu |
| Preceded by | Dimitrie P. Vioreanu |
| Succeeded by | Petre Orbescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1827 |
| Died | October 23, 1877 (aged 49) |
| Resting place | Church between the Fir trees, Sibiu, Romania |
| Education | University of Vienna University of Padua |
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 (Torda) by hanging, at 54 years old, by the Hungarian authorities in March 1849.[2][3] In 1832 he moved with his family to Budiu de Câmpie (Mezőbodon), near Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), the native village of his father,[2] where he attended primary school. In the autumn of 1838 he entered the Catholic secondary school in Târgu Mureș.[2] He finished high school in Cluj (Kolozsvár) and obtained a doctorate of laws at the University of Padua.[2][4] He was active in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
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He was a founder and president of the Transylvania Society, between 1867 and 1874. He was elected to the Romanian Academy in 1868.[5] As member of the Bar in Bucharest, he pleaded in court the case of the oxcart drivers from Giurgiu, in 1873.[6] He died in Sibiu (Nagyszeben) on 23 October 1877, and is buried at the Church between the Fir trees.
Budiul de Câmpie commune was renamed Papiu Ilarian in 1925.[7] The Alexandru Papiu Ilarian National College in Târgu Mureș[8] as well as high schools in Dej and Zalău are named after him.