Simion Bărnuțiu
Simion Bărnuțiu | |
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| Born | 21 July 1808 |
| Died | 28 May 1864 (aged 55) Fântâna Gorgana, Sânmihaiu Almașului, Kolozs County, Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire |
| Resting place | Saint Mary Church in Bocșa 47°17′56″N 22°55′10″E / 47.29889°N 22.91944°E |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Education | List
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| Alma mater | University of Pavia (6 June 1854) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, philosopher, jurist |
| Known for | Transylvanian Revolution of 1848 |
| Relatives | Ioan Maniu (Nephew) Iuliu Maniu (Grandnephew) |
Simion Bărnuțiu (Romanian pronunciation: [simiˈon bərˈnut͡sju]; 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 Catholic wing. Bărnuțiu lived for a large part of his life in Moldavia, and was for long a professor of philosophy at Academia Mihăileană and at the University of Iași.