Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași

Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași (November 25, 1849 – April 16, 1923) was a Moldavian, later Romanian philosopher, sociologist and pedagogue.

Biography Born in Iași, his father was the magistrate Dimitrie Dimitrescu. He attended primary school in his native city from 1856 to 1860, followed by high school from 1860 to 1867. His classmates there included Alexandru Lambrior, George Panu, and Calistrat Hogaș. From 1867 to 1869, he attended the literature and philosophy faculty of the University of Iași, and at the same time worked as a substitute Latin teacher. From 1869 to 1870, Dimitrescu-Iași taught at Botoșani. He again taught at Iași from 1870 to 1872, continuing his university studies in the process. From 1872 to 1875, he was a teacher in Bârlad. He then went to Germany to study at the universities of Berlin (1875–1876) and Leipzig (1876–1877). From 1879 to 1885, he taught aesthetics, history of philosophy, logic, psychology and pedagogy at the University of Iași. Although he joined Junimea in 1878, Dimitrescu-Iași did not endorse its political orientation, indeed condemning its positions in a series of articles that appeared in Drapelul and Democrația from 1897 to 1898. Dimitrescu-Iași led Revista pedagogică magazine from 1891 to 1898 and was quite familiar with the principles of modern pedagogy. he made a substantial contribution to the 1898 law for the reform of secondary and higher education. He died in Turnu Severin.