Constantin Antoniade

Constantin Antoniade (16 August 1880 – 19 July 1954) was a Romanian jurist, writer, historian, philosopher and diplomat of ethnic Greek heritage. As a historian he was a concerned mainly with the Renaissance. He also translated works of John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle into Romanian.

Antoniade was born in Bucharest on 16 August 1880. After attending the city's Matei Basarab High School, he studied at the University of Bucharest, graduating with a law degree in 1902 and one in philosophy in 1903. He went on to obtain a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1907, with thesis Iluziunea realistă written under the supervision of Constantin Rădulescu-Motru.

Works C. Antoniade, Filosofia lui Henri Bergson - Studii filosofice, București, 1908, Vol. II Constantin Antoniade - Figuri din cinquecento: principese, curteni și curtizane - Fundatia pentru Literatura și Arta "Regele Carol II", București 1939 Constantin Antoniade - Trois Figures de la Renaissance: Pierre Arétin, Guichardin, Benvenuto Cellini - Paris: Brouwer 1937. Constantin Antoniade - Machiavelli. Omul. Timpurile. Opera: vol. I, Secretarul florentin, vol. II, Politicul. Istoricul. Patriotul - București, Editura Cultura Națională, , ed. a II-a ; reedited: Timișoara, Editura Helicon, 1993.