Vasile Pârvan

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Vasile Pârvan (1882–1927) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, born in Huruieşti, near Bacău.

He studied history in Bucharest, with Nicolae Iorga as one of his professors. He continued his studies in Germany. His Ph.D. thesis, written in 1909, was titled The nationality of merchants in the Roman Empire. Subsequently, he became professor at the University of Bucharest, and was elected member of the Romanian Academy.

His main interests were in prehistoric archaeology and classical antiquity. He organized several archaeological excavations, the most important one being the one at Histria, from 1914 to 1927.

Among the institutions bearing his name are: the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest (an establishment originally founded on November 3, 1834), and the Vasile Pârvan Museum in Bârlad (founded on April 10, 1914).