Alexandru Graur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexandru Graur

Romanian linguist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1900

Place of Birth: Botoșani, Botoșani County, Romania

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1988

Profession: university teacher, romanist, philologist, linguist, latinist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Alexandru Graur

  • Alexandru Graur (Romanian pronunciation: [alek'sandru 'gra.ur]; July 9, 1900 – July 9, 1988) was a Romanian linguist. Born into a Jewish family in Botosani, Graur graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (1924–1929).
  • He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Sorbonne.
  • After returning to Bucharest, he became involved in academic life and published studies in different periodicals. Graur founded and was the principal (1941–1944) of the "Liceul particular evreiesc" (Jewish Private High School).
  • In 1946 he started teaching at the university level.
  • In 1955 he was named permanent member of the Romanian Academy.
  • Between 1954 and 1956 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest.
  • He wrote many papers and articles on classical philology and etymology.
  • He had many contributions in the field of linguistics, phonetics and grammar of the Latin and Romanian languages. In 1956, Graur, alongside Dean Iorgu Iordan, leading propagandist Leonte Tismaneanu, and the academics Mihai Novicov, Ion Coteanu, and Radu Florian, he took part in a University inquiry into the anti-communist statements of Paul Goma, a university student who later became a noted dissident and writer; led by Iordan and supervised by the Securitate, the investigation culminated in Goma's expulsion from the Faculty and his subsequent arrest.He was married twice, the second time with Neaga Graur (1921-2005) in 1947, and they had a son, Dumitru (born 1947).

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