Ion IONESCU DE LA BRAD (1818-1891) Son of a Moldovan Orthodox
priest, Ionescu was educated in Iasi (where he studied with Eftimie
Murgu) and then France, where he specialized in agrarian economics.
In 1842, he became a professor of agronomy at the Academia
Mihaileana in Iasi, collaborated with the nationalists
associated with the journal Propasirea (1844), and,
with Nicolae Balcescu, became a principal advocate of land reform
in the Romanian principalities.
Following the failure of the short-lived Moldovan movement in 1848,
Ionescu joined Balcescu in Bucuresti as a participant in the
Muntenian revolution. He served as leader of the radical faction
in the commission established to handle land questions. After the
defeat of the Muntenian revolution in September, 1848, Ionescu went
into exile. Returning to Moldova in 1857, he was extremely active
as an administrator, deputy, and professor after the unification of
Moldova and Muntenia (in 1859-1861) in agrarian reform,
agricultural education, and economic and statistical research.
Ionescu de la Brad was a prolific scholar and writer on
agricultural and economic topics, publishing over 40 books and
pamphlets and nearly 400 articles.
G. Bodgan-Duica, Vieata si opera intaiul taranist roman. Ion
Ionescu de la Brad (1818-1891) Craiova, 1922.
A. Vasiliu, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Bucuresti, 1967.
C. Sandu-Ville, et al., In memoriam: Ion Ionescu de la Brad,
1818-1891, Bucuresti, 1971.
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