Constantin Antoniade (16 August 1880 – 19 July 1954) was a

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jurist, writer, historian, philosopher and diplomat of ethnic

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heritage. As a historian he was a concerned mainly with the

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. He also translated works of

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and

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into Romanian. Antoniade was born in

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on 16 August 1880. After attending the city's

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, he studied at the

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, graduating with a law degree in 1902 and one in philosophy in 1903. He went on to obtain a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1907, with thesis ''Iluziunea realistă'' written under the supervision of

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. He participated in the

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as juridical expert. As a diplomat he was Romanian representative to the

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from 1928 to 1936. After the

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took power in Romania, Constantin Antoniade received the authorization from

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and

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to make contacts in the western countries on behalf of the Romanian Liberal Party and the

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. In 1948, Antoniade served as member of the Directing Committee of the Association for the Help of Romanian Refugees CAROMAN, created in Paris founded by Nicholas Caranfil as a representative of the Free Romanian Red Cross. The other members of the committee were Raoul Bossy, Mihai Răuț and Dan Geblescu. He died in

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on 19 July 1954.

Works

* C. Antoniade, ''Filosofia lui Henri Bergson'' - Studii filosofice, București, 1908, Vol. II * Constantin Antoniade - ''Figuri din cinquecento: principese, curteni și curtizane'' - Fundatia pentru Literatura și Arta "Regele Carol II", București 1939 * Constantin Antoniade - ''Trois Figures de la Renaissance: Pierre Arétin, Guichardin, Benvenuto Cellini'. - Paris: Brouwer 1937. * Constantin Antoniade - ''Machiavelli'' (reedited Timișoara, 1993)

References

* Mircea Ciobanu – ''Nimic fără Dumnezeu. Noi convorbiri cu Mihai I al României'' –

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, București 1992 * Eugen Denize -
Comunismul românesc de la începuturi până la moartea lui Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej
' - Revista Memoria * Sorin Popescu Tudor Prelipceanu - ''Constantin Antoniade - Un aristocrat "de merite și de talente" in lumea juridica romaneasca'' (Reviste - Buletinul de informare legislativa nr 2/2005) * Hoover Institution – Romani

* Enciclopedia On-line

* ''Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române'' (Editura Univers Enciclopedic, volumele I, 2004) * Dur, Ion - "Filosofia lui C. Antoniade" - Revista Transilvania Nr. 8-1986 {{DEFAULTSORT:Antoniade, Constantin 1880 births 1954 deaths Diplomats from Bucharest Romanian people of Greek descent Romanian jurists Romanian writers 20th-century Romanian philosophers Permanent Representatives of Romania to the League of Nations