The Romanian Academy ( ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
According to its bylaws, the academy's main goals are the cultivation of Romanian language and Romanian literature, the study of the national history of Romania and research into major scientific domains. Some of the academy's fundamental projects are the Romanian language dictionary (Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române), the dictionary of Romanian literature, and the treatise on the history of the Romanian people.
History On the initiative of C. A. Rosetti, the Academy was founded on April 1, 1866, as Societatea Literară Română. The founding members were illustrious members of the Romanian society of the age.
The name changed to Societatea Academică Romînă in 1867, and finally to Academia Română in 1879, during the reign of Carol I.
The founding members of the Academy: NumberNameBornProvinceAge at foundingDiedMember forNotes1Vasile Alecsandri21 July 1821Moldavia22 August 18902Vincențiu Babeș21 January 1821Banat22 January 19073George Barițiu4 June 1812Transylvania2 May 18934Ioan D. Caragiani11 February 1841Macedonia13 January 1921Aromanian5Timotei Cipariu21 February 1805Transylvania3 September 18876Dimitrie Cozacovici1790MacedoniaArbitrary date of January 1, as a lack of factual data to support a real birth date31 August 1868Unknown date of birth Aromanian7Ambrosiu Dimitrovici20 July 1838Bucovina3 July 18668Ștefan Gonata1 February 1838Basarabia18 September 18969Alexandru Hâjdeu30 November 1811Basarabia 9 November 187210Ion Heliade Rădulescu6 January 1802Țara Românească27 April 1872First President of the Academy11Iosif Hodoș20 October 1829Transylvania28 November 188012Alexandru Hurmuzaki16 August 1823Bucovina8 March 187113Nicolae Ionescu1820Moldavia24 January 190514August Treboniu Laurian17 July 1810Transylvania25 February 188115Titu Maiorescu15 February 1840Țara Românească18 June 191716I. C. Massim1825Țara Românească1877No known date of birth/death17Andrei Mocioni27 June 1812Banat23 April 188018Gavriil MunteanuFebruary 1812Transylvania17 December 186919Costache Negruzzi1808Moldavia24 August 186820Alexandru Roman26 November 1826Transylvania15 September 189721C. A. Rosetti2 June 1816Țara Românească8 April 188522Ion G. Sbiera1 November 1835Bucovina22 October 191623Constantin Stamati1786Basarabia12 September 186924Ioan Străjescu1833Basarabia1873No known date of birth/death25Vasile Urechea-Alexandrescu15 February 1834Moldavia21 November 1901
The Presidents of the Academy: NumberNameTerm beganTerm endedNotes1Ion Heliade Rădulescu186718702August Treboniu Laurian18701872first term3Nicolae Kretzulescu18721873first term4August Treboniu Laurian18731876second term5Ion Ghica18761882first term6Dimitrie A. Sturdza188218847Ion Ghica18841887second term8Mihail Kogălniceanu188718909Ion Ghica18901893third term10George Bariț5 April 18932 May 1893died in office11Iacob C. Negruzzi18931894first term12Ion Ghica18941895fourth term13Nicolae Kretzulescu18951898second term14Petru Poni18981901first term15Petre S. Aurelian1901190416Ioan Kalinderu1904190717Anghel Saligny1907191018Iacob C. Negruzzi19101913second term19Constantin I. Istrati1913191620Petru Poni19161920second term21Dimitrie Onciul1920192322Iacob C. Negruzzi19231926third term23Emil Racoviță1926192924Ioan Bianu1929193225Ludovic Mrazek1932193526Alexandru Lapedatu1935193827Constantin Rădulescu-Motru1938194128Ion Th. Simionescu1941194429Dimitrie Gusti1944194630Andrei Rădulescu194612 August 194831Traian Săvulescu12 August 194823 December 195932Athanase Joja1959196333Ilie G. Murgulescu1963196634Miron Nicolescu8 April 196630 June 1975died in office Șerban Țițeica19751976acting35Theodor Burghele19763 June 1977died in office Cristofor Simionescu3 June 197719 March 1980acting36Gheorghe Mihoc19 March 198025 December 1981died in office Ioan Anton25 December 198113 November 1984acting37Radu Voinea13 November 19842 February 199038Mihai Drăgănescu2 February 199018 January 199439Virgiliu N. G. Constantinescu1994199840Eugen Simion16 January 199820 April 200641Ionel Haiduc20 April 20068 April 201442Ionel Valentin Vlad8 April 201424 December 2017died in office Cristian Hera5 January 20185 April 2018acting43Ioan-Aurel Pop5 April 2018present
Library
Established in 1867, the Bibilioteca Academiei Române has a collection of over seven million books and collections of drawings, engravings, maps, and coins. at IAP, Global Network of Science Academies. The Academy also operates its own publishing house.
See also List of members of the Romanian Academy List of purged members of the Romanian Academy Romanian Academy of Sciences
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