''George Lazăr'' was a cultural magazine published in Bârlad. The magazine was established on 15 April 1887 by

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. The editorial committee included G. Constantinescu Râmniceanu, Gheorghe Ghibănescu, Gavril Onişor, V.G. Diaconescu and L. Apostolescu. The main objective of the magazine was to cover subjects of interest for the teaching staff. However, besides pedagogy, the magazine also presented articles related to literature, science and culture. The name of the magazine evokes

Gheorghe Lazăr Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), was a Transylvanian Romanian scholar and the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, in 1817. Biography Lazăr was born to a peasant family in Felek, Szeben County, Habsb ...

, the founder of the first Romanian language school in

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. The magazine promoted the nationalism of

Simion Bărnuțiu Simion Bărnuțiu (; 21 July 1808 – 28 May 1864) was a Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician. A leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement of Transylvanian Romanians, he represented its Eastern Rite Catholi ...

while he was professor at the

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. ''George Lazăr'' ceased publication in 1889. The pedagogical publications continued in Barlad by ''

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'' magazinehttp://www.bcucluj.ro/re/catalogold/view2.php?g=http://www.bcucluj.ro/re/catalogold/cp/pdf/t/r/Tribuna%20pedagogica.pdf (from 1922 until 1923), and by the '' Îndrumări pedagogice'' magazine (from 1931 until 1939).

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First number (partial) year - 1887
Cultural magazines Defunct magazines published in Romania Education magazines Magazines established in 1887 Magazines disestablished in 1889 Mass media in Bârlad Romanian-language magazines {{Europe-culture-mag-stub