Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu ( born February 26, 1838 in Kerstentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast; † 25 August 1907 in Campina ) was a Romanian politician, writer, historian, linguist, and ethnologist Rumänist.

Life and work

Tadeu Hasdeu was the son of the writer Alexandru Hâjdeu ( 1811-1872 ). In 1857 he took the name Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. He studied law in Kharkov and fought as a Russian hussar in the Crimean War. As a high school teacher and bookseller he lived from 1858 in Iaşi, 1863 in Bucharest.

Hasdeu pursued long-span research interests in Romanian history and philology, became involved in politics and was active as a writer. In 1876 he was archivist, 1878 Professor of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Bucharest.

The early death of his gifted daughter Iulia Hasdeu (1869-1888) drove him into the arms of spiritualism. To their memory he was in Campina with the " Castelul Iulia Hasdeu " build a castle in which a Hasdeu Museum was established.

In 1877 he was elected to the Romanian Academy, an award named after him later. In Moldova, the University Universitatea de Stat Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu Founded in 1999, is named after him in Cahul, and also the town library Chisinau. In Iaşi and Buzău schools bear his name.

Works (selection)

• Istoria tolerant̡eĭ religious în România, Bucharest 1868
• (Ed.) Psaltirea publicatǎ românesce la 1577 de diaconulǔ Coresi, Bucharest 1881
• Articole şi studii lite rare, ed. of C. Maciuca, Bucharest 1961
• Razvan Sí vidra, ed. by Constantin Maciuca, Bucharest 1971
• Etymologicum magnum Romaniae. Dict̡ionarul limbei istorice Sí poporane a Romanilor, ed. Grigore Brancus, 3 vols, Bucharest 1972-1976
• Cuvente the bătrîni. 1 Limba română vorbită, ed. of Bucharest, 1983
• Istoria critica a Romanilor, ed. Grigore Brancus, Bucharest 1984
• Opere, ed. of Stancu Ilin, 7 vols, Bucharest 1986-2003
• Studii de lingvistica si Philology, ed. Grigore Brancus, Bucharest 1988
• Scrieri, ed. of Stancu Ilin, 2 vols, Bucharest 1993-1997