About Gheorghe Lazăr
Lived 1779 – 1821 (aged 42). Gheorghe Lazăr was a pedagogue, engineer and theologian.
Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), was a Romanian scholar from Transylvania and the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, in 1817.
Lazăr was born in Felek, Szeben County, Hungary, later Avrig, Sibiu County, Romania. He studied in Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), and Vienna, training in theology.
He died in 1821.
Legacy
The Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu, which he attended in 1801–1802, is named for him, as is the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Bucharest.
(Gheorghe Lazăr, a village in Ialomița County, is named also named for him.
A statue of him was erected in Bucharest's University Square, standing in front of the University of Bucharest.
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Who was Gheorghe Lazăr?
Romanian scholar (1779-1821)
When was Gheorghe Lazăr born?
Gheorghe Lazăr was born on 5 June 1779 in Avrig.
When did Gheorghe Lazăr die?
Gheorghe Lazăr died on 17 September 1821 in Avrig.
What was Gheorghe Lazăr's occupation?
Gheorghe Lazăr was a pedagogue, engineer and theologian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gheorghe Lazăr. https://biography.guide/gheorghe-lazar/
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