Simion Bărnuțiu

Simion Bărnuțiu
Born(1808-07-21)21 July 1808
Died28 May 1864(1864-05-28) (aged 55)
Fântâna Gorgana, Sânmihaiu Almașului, Kolozs County, Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire
Resting placeSaint Mary Church in Bocșa
47°17′56″N 22°55′10″E / 47.29889°N 22.91944°E / 47.29889; 22.91944
NationalityRomanian
Education
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  • Normal School of Șimleu Silvaniei (1817–1820)
  • Catholic Gymnasium of Carei (1820–1825)
  • Theological Seminary of Blaj (1826–1830)
  • Saxon Academy of Law of Sibiu (1846–1848)
  • Faculty of Law of Vienna (1850–1852)
Alma materUniversity of Pavia (6 June 1854)
Occupation(s)Historian, philosopher, jurist
Known forTransylvanian Revolution of 1848
RelativesIoan 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.