Vasile Alexandrescu Urechia

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V. A. Urechia (* 15. February 1834 in Piatra Neamt , † 22. November 1901 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian politician, writer, historian, linguist , and Hispanist Rumänist .

life and work

Urechia attended high school in Iaşi , went to Paris in 1850 on a scholarship and studied at the Sorbonne from 1855 to 1857 . In 1857 he married a Spaniard and spent a year in Spain. From 1858 to 1864 he was professor of Romanian and Latin literature as well as universal history at the University of Iaşi . In 1864 he went to Bucharest and was Professor of History and Romanian Literature at the University of Bucharest , at the same time in a leading position in the Ministry of Education. From 1866 to 1884 he was a member of parliament (from 1881 to 1882 also Minister of Education), then a senator until 1899.

Urechia was a founding member of the Romanian Academy from 1866 . He was a corresponding member of academies in Spain and Italy.

Works (selection)

  • Opere complete , Bucharest 1878
  • Schițe de istoria literaturii române , Bucharest 1885
  • (Ed.) Miron Costin , Opere complete , 2 vols., Bucharest 1886–1888
  • Istoria Roḿânilorŭ , 14 vols., Bucharest 1891–1902
  • Istoria scolelor 1800–1864 , 4 vols., Bucharest 1892–1901 ( http://www.unibuc.ro/CLASSICA/istoriascolelor1/index.htm )
  • Legend române , Bucharest 1904
  • Schițe memorialistice , Bucharest 1969
  • Scrieri literare , Bucharest 1976

literature

  • Vistian Goia, VA Urechia , Bucharest 1979

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personal data
SURNAME Urechia, Vasile Alexandrescu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urechia, VA; Urechia, Vasile A .; Urechiă, Vasile A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician, writer, historian, Romanist, Hispanist and Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Piatra Neamț
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1901
Place of death Bucharest