Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol - Wikipedia Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Alexandru D. Xenopol) Jump to navigation Jump to search Romanian historian Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Born March 23, 1847  Iași  Died February 27, 1920  (aged 72) Bucharest  Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru diˈmitri.e kseˈnopol]; March 23, 1847, Iaşi – February 27, 1920, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian, philosopher, professor, economist, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is the Romanian historian credited with authoring the first major synthesis of the history of the Romanian people. Contents 1 Life 2 Publications 3 References 4 Sources Life[edit] Born in Iaşi,[1] where he graduated from high school, he went on to Vienna in 1870 to study law and then to Berlin, where he studied philosophy. In 1868, he made his debut in Convorbiri Literare with a series of studies on Romanian traditions and on Romanian institutions. At first, Xenopol served as a prosecutor in Iaşi, but he later decided to dedicate himself to the study of history. Starting in 1883, he was a professor of universal history at the University of Iaşi, where he served as rector from 1898 to 1901. He was elected member of the Romanian Academy in 1893.[2] In his 1899 French-language Les Principes fondamentaux de l'histoire ("The Fundamental Principles of History"), his work most well known internationally,[citation needed] he argued for history being a true science which follows clearly defined laws and logic, through which the reasons for historical processes could be clearly defined. His six-volume Istoria românilor din Dacia-Traiană ("The History of the Romanians in Trajan's Dacia"), completed between 1888 and 1893, strongly asserts that the Romanians are of predominantly Roman origin – a position further elaborated by the historian Nicolae Iorga, one of Xenopol's numerous pupils (see Origin of the Romanians). Concerning events nearly two millennia in the past and being supported by multiple archaeological findings, it was still contested by some historians. It had, however, very concrete political implications – the Roman origin implying that Romanians are inherently different from their Slavic and Magyar neighbors. This, despite his disagreement with radical nationalists and objection to violence against Jews,[3] unfortunately also translated to Xenopol being a noted anti-Semite and collaborator of A. C. Cuza. Though he died before the formation of the Iron Guard, Romania's notorious Fascist party, he is considered to be one of its sources of inspiration – according to the final report of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania.[4] Publications[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol. Romanian Wikisource has original text related to this article: Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol (in Romanian) Despre învăţământul şcolar în genere şi în deosebi despre acel al istoriei, Studii economice (1879) Istoria românilor (1879) Războiul dintre Ruşi şi Turci, 2 vols. (1880) Teoria lui Rösler (1884) Memoriu asupra învăţământului superior în Moldova (1885) Edutes historiques sur les peuples roumains (1887) Istoria românilor din Dacia-Traiană, 6 vols. (1888–1893) Mihail Kogălniceanu (1895) Industria mătăsei (1896) Les Principes fondamentaux de l'histoire (1899) (in French) References[edit] ^ in his writing Istoria ideilor mele ("The History of My Ideas") (reprinted in I. E. Torouţiu, Studii şi documente literare. Vol. IV. Junimea, București: Inst. Arte grafice Bucovina, 1933) he claims that his father had Anglo-Saxon ancestors. Available at Wikisource (in Romanian) ^ The Romanian Academy, "Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent", Acad.ro, retrieved 19 February 2018 ^ "Naționalism și antisemitism – Wikisource". ro.wikisource.org. Retrieved Apr 13, 2020. ^ available through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Sources[edit] Dimitrie R. Rosetti, Dicţionarul contimporanilor, Editura Lito-Tipografiei "Populara", 1897 Final Report of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (p. 17, 27, 33, 45) Authority control BNE: XX1286062 BNF: cb12463254k (data) GND: 11926031X ISNI: 0000 0001 2132 0538 LCCN: n84069973 NKC: mub2012727074 NLG: 104309 NTA: 07149698X PLWABN: 9810696842405606 SUDOC: 033813329 VcBA: 495/268039 VIAF: 49322741 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n84069973 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexandru_Dimitrie_Xenopol&oldid=999086131" Categories: Burials at Bellu Titular members of the Romanian Academy 19th-century Romanian historians 20th-century Romanian historians Romanian lawyers Alexandru Ioan Cuza University faculty Rectors of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Junimists 1847 births 1920 deaths Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Articles using Template Infobox person Wikidata All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2010 Commons category link is on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLG identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages Eesti Español Français Italiano עברית Қазақша Română Русский Suomi Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 12:10 (UTC). 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