List of purged members of the Romanian Academy

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In 1948, the new Romanian Communist regime undertook a political purge of the members of the Romanian Academy. In all, 113 members were removed that June, representing over two-thirds of the total membership at the beginning of the year. Fifty-five members of the "old" academy, mainly scientists, were admitted into the "new" one. In 1990 and 1994, following the Romanian Revolution, 97 of the purged members were restored to the academy, post-mortem. This list presents the names of the purged members, along with the names of those who died in prison and those who spent time in prison.

Contents

Purged members (113)

Titular members (26)

Literature section (8)

Nameyear elected
Petre Antonescu 1945
Lucian Blaga 1936
Theodor Capidan 1935
Dumitru Caracostea 1938
Ștefan Ciobanu 1918
Nichifor Crainic 1940
Ion Petrovici 1934
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru 1923 [1]

History section (14)

Nameyear elected
Nicolae Bănescu 1936
Gheorghe I. Brătianu 1942
Nicolae Colan 1942
Alexandru Costin 1948
Silviu Dragomir 1928
Dimitrie Gusti 1919
Alexandru Lapedatu 1918
Ioan Lupaș 1916
Simion Mehedinți 1915
Petre P. Negulescu 1936
Ion Nistor 1915
Niculae M. Popescu 1923
Radu R. Rosetti 1934
Victor Slăvescu 1939 [1]

Sciences section (4)

Nameyear elected
Horia Hulubei 1946
Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești 1936
Constantin Motăș 1948
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen 1923 [1]

Corresponding members (58)

Literature section (20)

Nameyear elected
Ion Agârbiceanu 1919
Nicolae Bagdasar 1943
Ioan A. Bassarabescu 1909
Marcu Beza 1923
Ștefan Bezdechi 1945
Constantin Brăiloiu 1946
Tiberiu Brediceanu 1937
Mihail Codreanu 1942
Onisifor Ghibu 1919
George Giuglea 1936
Pantelimon Halippa 1918
Adrian Maniu 1933
Alexandru Marcu 1940
Basil Munteanu 1939
Ion Mușlea 1947
Marin Simionescu-Râmniceanu 1919
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă 1937
Ilie Torouțiu 1936
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș 1938
Tudor Vianu 1935 [1]

History section (19)

Nameyear elected
Victor Bădulescu 1945
Romulus Cândea 1929
Mihail Costăchescu 1939
Virgil Drăghiceanu 1926
George Fotino 1945
Vasile Grecu 1936
Scarlat Lambrino 1934
Sabin Manuilă 1938
Constantin Marinescu 1928
Ștefan Meteș 1919
Petre Panaitescu 1934
Zenovie Pâclișanu 1919
Vespasian Pella 1941
Nicolae Petrescu 1945
Ion Răducanu 1936
Nicolae Al. Rădulescu 1948
Teofil Sauciuc-Săveanu 1945
Gheorghe Tașcă 1926
Anibal Teodorescu 1945 [1]

Sciences section (19)

Nameyear elected
Ion Atanasiu 1940
Eugen Botezat 1913
Nicolae Caranfil 1940
Alexandru Ciucă 1946
Dumitru Combiescu 1946
Gogu Constantinescu 1920
Mihai David 1935
Mihail Gușuleac 1937
Dragomir Hurmuzescu 1916
Nicolae Ionescu-Sișești 1939
Vintilă Mihăilescu 1939
Iuliu Moldovan 1920
Costin Nenițescu 1945
Octav Onicescu 1938
Ștefan Procopiu 1948
Petre Sergescu 1937
Sabba Ștefănescu 1946
Paul Teodorescu 1938
Victor Vâlcovici 1936 [2]

Honorary members (29)

Nameyear elected
Constantin Angelescu 1934
Theodor Angheluță 1948
Axente Banciu 1948
Nicolae Bălan 1920
Mircea Cancicov 1937
Dimitrie Ciotori 1936
Negoiță Dănăilă 1939
Nicolae Donici 1922
Dionisie Germani 1945
Vasile Gheorghiu 1938
Arthur Gorovei 1940
Peter Hänggi 2015
Emil Hațieganu 1945
Prince Nicholas Hohenzollern 1929
Iuliu Hossu 1945
Constantin Karadja 1946
Constantin Lacea 1939
Ion Lapedatu 1936
Iuliu Maniu 1919
Gheorghe G. Mironescu 1939
Ioan Papp 1946
Traian Pop 1948
Constantin Popovici 1946
Nichita Smochină 1942
Marius Sturza 1938
Virgil Șotropa 1943
Gheorghe Tătărescu 1937
Grigore Tăușan 1939
George Udrischi 1946
Traian Vuia 1946 [2]

Purged members who died in prison (9)

Nameyear electedclassborndiedprison
Gheorghe I. Brătianu 1942titular18981953 Sighet
Alexandru I. Lapedatu 1918titular18761950Sighet
Radu R. Rosetti 1934titular18771949 Văcărești
Victor Bădulescu 1945corresponding18921953Sighet
Alexandru Marcu 1940corresponding18941955Văcărești
Zenovie Pâclișanu 1919corresponding18861958 Jilava
Gheorghe Tașcă 1926corresponding18751951Sighet
Mircea Cancicov 1937honorary18841958 Râmnicu Sărat
Iuliu Maniu 1919honorary18731953Sighet [2]

Purged members who were incarcerated (30)

Nameyear electedclassarrestedreleasedprison(s)
Dumitru Caracostea 1938titular19501955 Sighet
Nichifor Crainic 1940titular19461952 Jilava, Văcărești, Aiud
Silviu Dragomir 1928titular19501955Sighet
Ioan Lupaș 1916titular19501955Sighet
Constantin Motâș 1948titular19561956Aiud
Ion Nistor 1915titular19501955Sighet
Ion Petrovici 1934titular19491958Aiud
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru 1923titular19491949 Turnu Severin
Victor Slăvescu 1939titular19501955Sighet
George Fotino 1945corresponding19501952Jilava, Sighet
Onisifor Ghibu 1919corresponding19451945 Caracal
Pantelimon Halippa 1918corresponding19501957Sighet, Aiud
Ștefan Meteș 1919corresponding19501955Sighet
Iuliu Moldovan 1920corresponding19501955Sighet
Ion Răducanu 1936corresponding19591963Sighet
Teofil Sauciuc-Săveanu 1945corresponding19501955Sighet
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă 1937corresponding19501955Sighet
Anibal Teodorescu 1945corresponding19501957Jilava
Paul Teodorescu 1938corresponding19501954Jilava, Aiud
Emil Hațieganu 1945honorary19501955 Gherla, Sighet, Jilava,
Văcărești, Ocnele Mari
Iuliu Hossu 1945honorary19491955 Căldărușani, Sighet
Gheorghe Tătărescu 1937honorary19501955Sighet [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Otiman, p.122
  2. 1 2 3 Otiman, p.123
  3. Otiman, p.123-24

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