Gheorghe Adamescu (July 23, 1869 – March 4, 1942) was a

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n literary historian and bibliographer. Born in

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, his parents were

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priest Andrei Adamovici and his wife Angelina (''née'' Teodorescu). He attended Saint Sava High School and the literature faculty of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

. Following graduation, Adamescu took specialized courses at the

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and at the Paris-based

École pratique des hautes études The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...

and

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

. His first published work was the 1892 ''Luptele pentru naționalitate ale românilor în 1848''. A high school teacher, his assignments included: inspector general for primary and normal schools in 1902, general secretary at the Public Instruction Ministry in 1911, editorial secretary at ''Albina'' from 1897 to 1916 and deputy director at the

Mihail Dragomirescu Mihail Dragomirescu (March 22, 1868 – November 25, 1942) was a Romanian aesthetician, literary theorist and critic. Born in Plătărești, Călărași County, he completed primary school in his native village in 1881, followed by Bucharest's G ...

-led Institute of Literature and Bibliography. He was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1921, and was also an affiliate of the

Romanian Writers' Society The Romanian Writers' Society ( ro, Societatea Scriitorilor Români) was a professional association based in Bucharest, Romania, that aided the country's writers and promoted their interests. Founded in 1909, it operated for forty years before the e ...

and of the Romanian Athenaeum. His submissions appeared in ''Revista literară'', ''

Convorbiri Literare ''Convorbiri Literare'' ( Romanian: ''Literary Talks'') is a Romanian literary magazine published in Romania. It is among the most important journals of the nineteenth-century Romania. History and profile ''Convorbiri Literare'' was founded by ...

'', ''România'', ''

România Literară ''România Literară'' is a cultural and literary magazine from Romania. In its original edition, it was founded on 1 January 1855 by Vasile Alecsandri and published in Iași until 3 December 1855, when it was suppressed. The new series appeared o ...

'', ''Satira'', ''Tocila'', ''Peleșul'', ''Ritmul vremii'' and ''Anuarul Ateneului Român''. He wrote a number of important works of bibliography; his contribution to literary history includes a 1914 history of Romanian literature.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 10. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamescu, Gheorghe 1869 births 1942 deaths Writers from Bucharest Saint Sava National College alumni University of Bucharest alumni Romanian literary historians Romanian bibliographers Romanian schoolteachers Corresponding members of the Romanian Academy