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• HASDEU, or HAJDEU, BOGDAN PETRICEICU (1836–1907)

HASDEU, or HAJDEU, BOGDAN PETRICEICU (1836–1907)  , Rumanian philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• KHOTIN, or KHOTEEN (variously written Khochim, Choczim, and Chocim)

Khotin in See also:

• BESSARABIA

Bessarabia in 1836, and studied at the university of See also:

• KHARKOV

Kharkov . In 1858 he first settled in See also:

• JASSY (Iafit)

Jassy as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the high school and librarian . He may be considered as the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer in many branches of Rumanian See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology and See also:

• HISTORY

history . At Jassy he started his Archiva historica a Romaniei (1865–1867), in which a large number of old documents in See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic and Rumanian were published for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 187o he inaugurated Columna lui Traian, the best philological See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review of the time in See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania . In his Cuvente den Bibtrdni (2 vols., 1878–1881) he was the first to contribute to the history of apocryphal literature in Rumania . His Historia crilica a Romanilor (1815), though incomplete, marks the beginning of See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical investigation into the history of Rumania . See also:

• HASDEU, or HAJDEU, BOGDAN PETRICEICU (1836–1907)

Hasdeu edited the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Psalter of Coresi of 1577 (Psaltirea lui Coresi, 1881) . His Etymologicum magnum Romaniae (1886, &c.) is the beginning of an encyclopaedic See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary of the Rumanian See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, though never finished beyond the See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter B . In 1876 he was appointed director of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state archives in See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest and in 1878 professor of philology at See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile university of Bucharest . His See also:

• WORKS

works, which include one See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, Rasvon ci Vidra, See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the impress of See also:

• GREAT

great originality of thought, and the author is often carried away by his profound erudition and vast See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination . Hasdeu was a keen politician .

After the See also:

• DEATH

death of his only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child Julia in 1888 he became a mystic and a strong believer in spiritism . He died at Campina on the 7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1907 . (M .