Constantin Giurescu (10 August 1875–28 October 1918) was a
Romanian historian. In 1914, he became a titular
member of the Romanian Academy.
Biography
Giurescu was born in
Chiojdu,
Buzău County and studied at the
Saints Peter and Paul High School
Saints Peter and Paul School is a parochial, Roman Catholic, co-educational, day school in Easton, Maryland. It is located in the heart of the Eastern Shore. The school serves an area of seven counties. The High School shares a campus with the ...
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.
In 1902–1903 Giurescu was the principal at the
Hasdeu High School in
Buzău.
After a stay in
Vienna, he settled in
Bucharest, where he taught at the
Cantemir Vodă High School, 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.
He died in Bucharest as a result of the
1918 flu pandemic
The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was ...
.
"Dinu C. Giurescu: 'Bunicul a murit de gripă spaniolă'"
''Adevărul
''Adevărul'' (; meaning "The Truth", formerly spelled ''Adevĕrul'') is a Romanian daily newspaper, based in Bucharest. Founded in Iași, in 1871, and reestablished in 1888, in Bucharest, it was the main left-wing press venue to be published dur ...
'', November 9, 2009; accessed July 31, 2013
There is a bust of Giurescu in Odobești;
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1875 births
1918 deaths
People from Buzău County
University of Bucharest alumni
Romanian schoolteachers
Heads of schools in Romania
20th-century Romanian historians
University of Bucharest faculty
Titular members of the Romanian Academy
Deaths from Spanish flu
Infectious disease deaths in Romania