Constantin Climescu

Constantin Climescu (30 November 1844 – 6 August 1926) was a Moldavian, later Romanian mathematician and politician.

Born in Bacău, he attended the princely academy in Iași, followed by the sciences faculty of Iași University. He then left for the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and in 1870, took his undergraduate degree from the University of Paris, in mathematics and physical sciences. He was a professor of analytic geometry and spherical trigonometry at Iași University from 1871 to 1909, served as dean of the sciences faculty from 1880 to 1901,

Meanwhile, from 1884 to 1896, he taught at the upper normal school of Iași, and was among the founders of Recreații Științifice periodical in 1883;

A member of the National Liberal Party, he was elected to the Assembly of Deputies for Bacău in 1884, and represented Iași in the Senate from 1889 to 1910. He was an officer of the Order of the Star of Romania, and a commander of the Order of the Crown. He left the university when he reached the retirement age in 1909, died in 1926 and was buried in Eternitatea cemetery.