George BariÈ› (4 June 1812 â€" 2 May 1893), often rendered as George
Barițiu, was a Romanian historian, philologist, playwright,
politician, businessman and journalist, the founder of the Romanian
language press in Transylvania.Born in Jucu de Jos, Jucu, Cluj County,
he was the son of the Greek-Catholic priest Ioan Pop BariÈ›, and of
Ana Rafila. He attended school in Trascău (today Rimetea, Alba
County), and then highschool in Blaj and Cluj. Originally trained for
priesthood, he decided instead to become a teacher at the Romanian
language commercial school in Brașov.In 1838 he founded in Brașov
the first Romanian newspaper in his native region, and named it Gazeta
de Transilvania. Politically active, he was an important personality
in the revolution of 1848 in Transylvania, establishing connections
with Romanian nationalists and radicals in Wallachia and Moldavia, and
using Gazeta as one of the main political voices demanding equal
rights for Romanians and Transylvanian Hungarians after the Hungarian
nationalist revolutionary government began pressing for Transylvania
to be removed from direct Austrian supervision.
Barițiu, was a Romanian historian, philologist, playwright,
politician, businessman and journalist, the founder of the Romanian
language press in Transylvania.Born in Jucu de Jos, Jucu, Cluj County,
he was the son of the Greek-Catholic priest Ioan Pop BariÈ›, and of
Ana Rafila. He attended school in Trascău (today Rimetea, Alba
County), and then highschool in Blaj and Cluj. Originally trained for
priesthood, he decided instead to become a teacher at the Romanian
language commercial school in Brașov.In 1838 he founded in Brașov
the first Romanian newspaper in his native region, and named it Gazeta
de Transilvania. Politically active, he was an important personality
in the revolution of 1848 in Transylvania, establishing connections
with Romanian nationalists and radicals in Wallachia and Moldavia, and
using Gazeta as one of the main political voices demanding equal
rights for Romanians and Transylvanian Hungarians after the Hungarian
nationalist revolutionary government began pressing for Transylvania
to be removed from direct Austrian supervision.
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