Grigore Tocilescu

Grigore Tocilescu
Professor Grigore Tocilescu
Born	26 October 1850 (1850-10-26) Fefelei village, Mizil town, Prahova County, Romania
Died	18 September 1909(1909-09-18) (aged 58) Bucharest, Romania
Citizenship	Romanian
Nationality	Romanian
Fields	History, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Folkloristics
Institutions	Romanian Academy
Known for	Marele Dicționar Geografic al României, research on Dacia

Grigore George Tocilescu (26 October 1850 – 18 September 1909) was a Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, member of Romanian Academy.

He was a professor of ancient history at the University of Bucharest, author of Marele Dicționar Geografic al României (The Great Geographical Dictionary of Romania), general secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Teaching and multiple times senator, with conservative political views. Tocilescu is one of the first Romanian historians who focused on the study of civilizations in ancient Dacia. As a folklorist he collaborated on the publication of a folkloristics compendium.

Life

Education

After finishing the primary and secondary school Ploieşti, Tocilescu leaves for Bucharest were he finishes Saint Sava National College. He then studies in universities in Prague and Vienna, where he obtains the Doctor of Philosophy title and the license to practice law. Back in Romania, in 1881 he becomes professor of ancient history and epigraphy at the University of Bucharest.

Involvement

In 1884 the Archaeological Seminary's Library was established through Professor Tocilescu's grant.

At the death of Romanian historian, Romantic author, academic and politician Vasile Alexandrescu Urechia, November 21, 1901, Tocilescu delivered the funeral oration.

Bibliography

• Cumu se scrie la noi istoria (How the history gets written in our lands), Bucharest, 1873
• Dacia înainte the Romani (Dacia before the Romans), Bucharest, 1880 - One of the first history books on the Pre-Roman Dacian subject
• Manual de istoria româna: pentru școlele secundare de ambe-sexe, Bucuresci, Lito-Tipografia Carol Göbl, 1894
• Marele Dicționar Geografic al României (The Great Geographical Dictionary of Romania), Bucharest, 1898-1902, 5 volumes
• Mateliaruri Folkloristice, Bucharest, 1900
• Balade și doine, (prefață Marin Bucur), București, Editura Tineretului, 1958

See also

• Dacia
• List of Romanian archaeologists

Notes

References

External links

• Mateliaruri Folkloristice, Bucharest, 1900
• Grigore Tocilescu on Romanian Wikisource
• Grigore Tocilescu High School in Mizil, Romania

Persondata
Name	Tocilescu, Grigore
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist
Date of birth	26 October 1850
Place of birth	Mizil, Prahova, Romania
Date of death	18 September 1909
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania

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