Alexandru Papiu Ilarian

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Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
Alexandru Papiu Ilarian

Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (September 27, 1827, Bezded, Sălaj County–October 23 [O.S. October 11] 1877, Sibiu) was a Romanian revolutionary and lawyer.

His father was a priest, Ioan Pop. He grew up in Budiu de Câmpie, near Târgu Mureş, and finished high school in Cluj. He was active in the Revolution of 1848.

He was a founder and president of the Transylvania Society, between 1867 and 1874. He was elected to the Romanian Academy in 1868. As member of the Bar in Bucharest, he pleaded in court the case of the oxcart drivers from Giurgiu, in 1873.

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