Coriolan Brediceanu (1849–1909) was an

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

lawyer and politician of Romanian ethnicity. Born in

Lugoj Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș, Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. Th ...

, his children included Caius and Tiberiu. Maria Lădău
"Coriolan Brediceanu – activitatea juridică"
, in ''Revista Studențească de Studii de Istorie și Arheologie'', Universitatea de Vest Timișoara, nr.2/2004

Biography

Brediceanu was born in

, the son of the soap maker Vasile Brediceanu, and the nephew of George Brediceanu,Direcția pentru Cultură, Culte și Patrimoniul Cultural Național a județului Timiș
Mormântul lui Coriolan Brediceanu (secolul XIX)
, dccpcnjtimis.ro, accesat 2018-07-15 a banished

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from Austrian Oltenia who settled in

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. He studied at

Beiuș Beiuș (; ) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (''Gyalány''). Between the late 18th and very early 20th centu ...

High School and then attended the

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, where in 1874, he obtained his lawyer's diploma. After graduation, he returned to Lugoj where he lived to the end of his life. In Lugoj, he opened a law firm and soon became well known for how he defended the peasantry in trials that the majority of lawyers refused to take. Another fact was that Brediceanu did not take honorariums from the poor persons. In 1896, he defended the peasants from

Mehadia Mehadia (; ; ) is a small market town and Commune in Romania, commune in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, Romania. It lies on the European route E70, in the Cerna River (Danube), Cerna River valley. The town is located on the site of the ancient An ...

or miners from Ciclova Montant in the trials initiated by Hungarian authorities. It was also confirmed, that Brediceanu defended intellectuals, such as writers and journalists sued by the Hungarian authorities for the criticism and favoritism to Romanian side. As for the politic side, Brediceanu was highly involved in defending the rights of Romanians, and in 1894, in

Cluj Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, along with the other 30 lawyers, he defended the

Transylvanian Memorandum The ''Transylvanian Memorandum'' () was a petition sent in 1892 by the leaders of the Romanians of Transylvania to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor-King Franz Joseph, asking for equal ethnic rights with the Hungarians, and demanding an end to perse ...

of the Romanian National Party Central Committee, of which he has also been a member.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brediceanu, Coriolan 1849 births 1909 deaths People from Lugoj Lawyers from Austria-Hungary Politicians from Austria-Hungary Ethnic Romanian politicians in Transylvania