Constantin Moisil

Constantin C. Moisil (December 8, 1876–October 22, 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian archivist, historian, numismatist and schoolteacher.

Born in Năsăud, in the Transylvania region, He attended primary school in his native town, followed by the local high school. He then enrolled in the history section of the literature faculty at the University of Bucharest, in the Romanian Old Kingdom. His research interests centered on original or unusual aspects, a direction borrowed from his professors, who included Nicolae Iorga, Dimitrie Onciul and V. A. Urechia. This was reflected as early as his undergraduate thesis, on prehistoric archaeology. In 1905, he began regular contributions on a variety of subjects to Convorbiri Literare, among other magazines. In 1924, twenty-six years after earning his undergraduate degree, His appointment as head took place in the autumn of 1923, and was somewhat surprising given his almost entire lack of publications in archivistics. Onciul, the archives' director from 1900 to 1923, had died earlier in the year. Initially succeeded by Alexandru Lapedatu, a replacement had to be found when the latter soon resigned to become Religious Affairs and Arts Minister. Moisil was selected after receiving favorable recommendations from the country's universities and from specialists. the publication had attracted contributions from Nicolae Iorga, Ioan Lupaș, Ilie Minea, Petre P. Panaitescu, Ioan C. Filitti, Dan Simonescu, Emil Vârtosu, Paul Gore, Ștefan Meteș, Sever Zotta and Mihai Costăchescu. The magazine's initial run ended 1947, and covered seven volumes in fifteen numbers.

Moisil advocated a new legal statute for the archives, one that would both take into account the realities of an enlarged Greater Romania and the damage that Romanian archives had undergone during World War I. The law, which he largely inspired, was passed by the Romanian Parliament in May 1925. It provided for a central archive in Bucharest, with regional directorates at Iași, Cluj, Cernăuți, and Chișinău. In August 1948, following a purge of the old members by the new Communist regime, he became a titular member of the Academy.