Radu Tempea
Radu Tempea (born February 9, 1768 in Brașov ; † July 5, 1824 ibid) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, educator, grammarian and Romanist .
life and work
Radu Tempea studied in Buda , became a priest in 1794, headed the Romanian Orthodox School of Transylvania in Kronstadt ( Brașov ) from 1796 to 1808 and was then Protopop, vicar general .
In 1797 Tempea published one of the first grammars of Romanian with a scientific claim in Romanian.
Works
- Grammatică românească alcătuită de Radu Tempea, Directorul Școalelor Neunite Naționaliceşti prin Marele Prințipat al Ardealului, Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) 1797
literature
- Theodor Gartner, Presentation of the Romanian language , Halle an der Saale 1904, p. 81
Web links
- http://biserica.org/WhosWho/DTR/T/RaduVTempea.html (short biography in the Romanian Theological Lexicon)
- http://tiparituriromanesti.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/gramatica-romaneasca-a-lui-radu-tempea-sibiu-1797/ (title page and excerpt from the grammar)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tempea, Radu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tempea, Radu V |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian Orthodox priest, educator, grammarian and Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brașov |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1824 |
| Place of death | Brașov |