Constantin Hurmuzachi
Constantin D. Hurmuzachi (November 12, 1811 – February 15, 1869) was a Romanian lawyer and politician.
The son of
Alexandru, he collected archival documents at Chișinău and Odesa regarding the history of the Romanians. In 1850 he joined the committee for reorganizing public education, followed by the legal reform committee in 1852. For his work there, which led to a law code and a school charter, he was made Aga.[1]
A supporter of the
Assembly of Deputies
in what was by now called Romania. The same year, he helped pass a law on concessions for building railways.
He died in Vienna at age 67 and was buried at Dulcești, Neamț County[1] next to his brother Alexandru, in the courtyard of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church.[2] Streets in Constanța and Sibiu are named after him.
Notes
- ^ a b Satco and Niculică, pp. 187-88
- ^ "Mormintele istoricilor Constantin și Alexandru Hurmuzachi, Dulcești". monumenteneamt.ro (in Romanian). Monumente istorice din Neamț. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
References
- Emil Satco, Alis Niculică (eds.), Enciclopedia Bucovinei, Vol. II. Suceava: Editura Karl A. Romstorfer, 2018. ISBN 978-606-8698-22-9