Spiridon Popescu

Spiridon Popescu (August 13, 1864 – May 8, 1933) was a Romanian prose writer.

Born in Rogojeni, Galați County, his parents were the peasant Constantin Dumitrașcu al Popei and his wife Safta (née Tofan). He attended seminary in Galați and at Socola Monastery in Iași, earning his high school degree at age 26. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of Iași and took courses at the higher normal school, earning a mathematics degree at age 31. He taught mathematics in Bârlad, Vaslui, Tulcea, Galați and, from 1904, in the national capital, Bucharest. Within the Education Ministry, Popescu was responsible for normal primary education nationwide. He was elected both to the Assembly of Deputies and to the Senate.