List of purged members of the Romanian Academy

In 1948, the new Romanian Communist regime undertook a political purge of the members of the Romanian Academy. In all, 113 members were removed that June, representing over two-thirds of the total membership at the beginning of the year. Fifty-five members of the "old" academy, mainly scientists, were admitted into the "new" one. In 1990 and 1994, following the Romanian Revolution, 97 of the purged members were restored to the academy, post-mortem. This list presents the names of the purged members, along with the names of those who died in prison and those who spent time in prison.

Purged members (113)[]

Titular members (26)[]

Literature section (8)[]

Name	year elected
Petre Antonescu	1945
Lucian Blaga	1936
Theodor Capidan	1935
Dumitru Caracostea	1938
Ștefan Ciobanu	1918
Nichifor Crainic	1940
Ion Petrovici	1934
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru	1923^[1]

History section (14)[]

Name	year elected
Nicolae Bănescu	1936
Gheorghe I. Brătianu	1942
Nicolae Colan	1942
Alexandru Costin	1948
	1928
Dimitrie Gusti	1919
Alexandru Lapedatu	1918
Ioan Lupaș	1916
Simion Mehedinți	1915
Petre P. Negulescu	1936
Ion Nistor	1915
Niculae M. Popescu	1923
Radu R. Rosetti	1934
Victor Slăvescu	1939^[1]

Sciences section (4)[]

Name	year elected
Horia Hulubei	1946
Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești	1936
	1948
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen	1923^[1]

Corresponding members (58)[]

Literature section (20)[]

Name	year elected
Ion Agârbiceanu	1919
Nicolae Bagdasar	1943
Ioan A. Bassarabescu	1909
Marcu Beza	1923
	1945
Constantin Brăiloiu	1946
Tiberiu Brediceanu	1937
Mihail Codreanu	1942
Onisifor Ghibu	1919
George Giuglea	1936
Pantelimon Halippa	1918
Adrian Maniu	1933
	1940
	1939
	1947
	1919
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă	1937
Ilie Torouțiu	1936
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș	1938
Tudor Vianu	1935^[1]

History section (19)[]

Name	year elected
Victor Bădulescu	1945
Romulus Cândea	1929
	1939
	1926
	1945
Vasile Grecu	1936
	1934
Sabin Manuilă	1938
Constantin Marinescu	1928
	1919
Petre Panaitescu	1934
Zenovie Pâclișanu	1919
Vespasian Pella	1941
	1945
	1936
	1948
	1945
Gheorghe Tașcă	1926
	1945^[1]

Sciences section (19)[]

Name	year elected
Ion Atanasiu	1940
Eugen Botezat	1913
Nicolae Caranfil	1940
	1946
	1946
Gogu Constantinescu	1920
	1935
	1937
Dragomir Hurmuzescu	1916
	1939
Vintilă Mihăilescu	1939
	1920
Costin Nenițescu	1945
Octav Onicescu	1938
Ștefan Procopiu	1948
	1937
	1946
	1938
Victor Vâlcovici	1936^[2]

Honorary members (29)[]

Name	year elected
Constantin Angelescu	1934
	1948
	1948
Nicolae Bălan	1920
	1937
	1936
	1939
Nicolae Donici	1922
	1945
Vasile Gheorghiu	1938
Arthur Gorovei	1940
Peter Hänggi	2015
Emil Hațieganu	1945
Prince Nicholas Hohenzollern	1929
Iuliu Hossu	1945
Constantin Karadja	1946
	1939
Ion Lapedatu	1936
Iuliu Maniu	1919
Gheorghe G. Mironescu	1939
	1946
	1948
Constantin Popovici	1946
Nichita Smochină	1942
	1938
	1943
Gheorghe Tătărescu	1937
	1939
	1946
Traian Vuia	1946^[2]

Purged members who died in prison (9)[]

Name	year elected	class	born	died	prison
Gheorghe I. Brătianu	1942	titular	1898	1953	Sighet
Alexandru I. Lapedatu	1918	titular	1876	1950	Sighet
Radu R. Rosetti	1934	titular	1877	1949
Victor Bădulescu	1945	corresponding	1892	1953	Sighet
	1940	corresponding	1894	1955	Văcărești
Zenovie Pâclișanu	1919	corresponding	1886	1958	Jilava
Gheorghe Tașcă	1926	corresponding	1875	1951	Sighet
	1937	honorary	1884	1958	Râmnicu Sărat
Iuliu Maniu	1919	honorary	1873	1953	Sighet^[2]

Purged members who were incarcerated (30)[]

Name	year elected	class	arrested	released	prison(s)
Dumitru Caracostea	1938	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Nichifor Crainic	1940	titular	1946	1952	Jilava, , Aiud
	1928	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Ioan Lupaș	1916	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
	1948	titular	1956	1956	Aiud
Ion Nistor	1915	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Ion Petrovici	1934	titular	1949	1958	Aiud
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru	1923	titular	1949	1949
Victor Slăvescu	1939	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
	1945	corresponding	1950	1952	Jilava, Sighet
Onisifor Ghibu	1919	corresponding	1945	1945
Pantelimon Halippa	1918	corresponding	1950	1957	Sighet, Aiud
	1919	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
	1920	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
	1936	corresponding	1959	1963	Sighet
	1945	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă	1937	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
	1945	corresponding	1950	1957	Jilava
	1938	corresponding	1950	1954	Jilava, Aiud
Emil Hațieganu	1945	honorary	1950	1955	Gherla, Sighet, Jilava, Văcărești,
Iuliu Hossu	1945	honorary	1949	1955	, Sighet
Gheorghe Tătărescu	1937	honorary	1950	1955	Sighet^[3]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Otiman, p.122
^ ^a ^b ^c Otiman, p.123
^ Otiman, p.123-24

References[]

(in Romanian) Păun Otiman, "1948 - Anul imensei jertfe a Academiei Române", in Academica, Nr. 4 (31), December 2013, p.115-124

[o122-1] Otiman, p.122

[o123-2] Otiman, p.123

[o1234-3] Otiman, p.123-24

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