Titu Maiorescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Titu Maiorescu

Romanian literary critic, writer and politician

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1840

Place of Birth: Craiova, Dolj County, Romania

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1917

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat, literary critic, philosopher, philologist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Titu Liviu Maiorescu (Romanian: ['titu majo'resku]; 15 February 1840 – 18 June 1917) was a Romanian literary critic and politician, founder of the Junimea Society.
As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Romanian culture in the second half of the 19th century. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Foreign Minister between 1910 and 1914 and Prime Minister of Romania from 1912 to 1913.
He represented Romania at the Peace Conference in Bucharest that ended the Second Balkan War.
In politics as in culture he favoured Germany over France.
He opposed Romania's entry in World War I against Germany, but he nevertheless refused to collaborate with the German army after it had occupied Bucharest.