Roman, Alexandru

After graduating from high school, he studied philosophy, mathematics and theology at the University of Vienna . He later worked as a teacher in the Romanian gymnasium “Samuil Vulcan” in Buch. He was the first teacher who taught in Romanian. From 1851, he was a teacher of the Romanian language at the Law Academy in Oradea, and from 1862 to 1867, he was a teacher of the Romanian language at the Royal Hungarian University of Science . He was the initiator of the creation of the department of the Romanian language and literature at the university.

In 1866, A. Roman was one of the founders of the Romanian Literary Society, on the basis of which the Romanian Academy later arose. He was also one of the organizers of the Romanian Student Youth Reading Society (1851) and the Petru Mayor Society (1862).

In 1861-1866 he was co-editor of the Budapest newspapers Concordia and Federation (Federațiunea, 1868-1876). He published sharp polemic articles on the pages of these magazines, for which he was brought to court several times. In 1868, for reprinting a political declaration against the Hungarian system of government and calls for the restoration of the autonomy of Transylvania, he was sentenced to one year in prison.

In 1865-1888, A. Roman was the Deputy House of Representatives in Budapest ( Hungarian Parliament ), where he defended the rights of the Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary.

• Alexandru Roman (rum.)
• Alexandru Roman (rum.)