ISTORIA MEDIEVALĂ A BANATULUI, REFLECTATĂ ÎN OPERA LUI IULIU VUIA (II)
THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF BANAT REFLECTED IN THE WORKS OF IULIU VUIA (II)

Summary/Abstract: Iuliu Vuia was born on 11 March 1865 in the village of Felnac, Timiş county. His parents were Eutimiu Vuia and Ecaterina. According to his maternal bloodline, he was a descent of the illustrious Banatian scholar, Constantin Diaconovici Loga. He attended primary classes in his village, then he continued his studies at the middle school in Timişoara and graduated from the Pedagogic School of Arad in 1881. Between 1882 and 1883 he worked as a substitute teacher in Timişoara and, in his free time, as the secretary in the chancery of the erudite archpriest Meleţiu Drăghici. Iuliu Vuia was married twice. First to Elisabeta Oniţă, whom he met while teaching at the Confessional School of Remetea, between 1883-1884. Secondly, to Eugenia Pop, when he was a teacher at Chesinţ,, between 1885-1886. In 1887 his son, Romulus Vuia, was born. Between 1886-1910 Iuliu Vuia was the head-master of the village school in Comloşu Mare. After the Great Union he worked as a teacher at the Pedagogic School of Caransebeş. Very ambitious he graduated the secondary school (non-compuslsory attendance) and after passing the baccalaureate exams he attended the university courses for teachers at University of Cluj. After graduation he taught History and Geography at the Pedagogic School in Caransebeş. Iuliu Vuia was a prolific author of textbooks, History and Pedagogy books, studies and articles. An active participant at the preparatory actions for the Great Union, on 25 October 1918 he was elected a member of the National Romanian Council of Caransebeş. As a representative of the Reunion of the Banatian schoolmasters, he witnessed the great historic act on 1 December 1918. He was also elected in the Great National Council of Sibiu. El a fost ales, de asemenea, în Marele Sfat Naţional de la Sibiu.He died at Caransebeş in 1933. Selected works: Fragmente din istoricul pedagogicului confesional greco-ortodox român din Arad, Arad, 1887; Curs complet de istoria universală a pedagogiei, Caransebeş, 1892; Cartea de învăţătură pentru şcoalele de repetiţiune economice precum şi pentru alte institute, Caransebeş, 1894, 400 pages.; Şcolile româneşti bănăţene în sec. XVIII-lea, Orăştie, 1896; Districtus Valachorum. Cercurile româneşti bănăţene. Cele din Timiş reconstruite pentru prima oară, Timişoara, 1930, 49 pages.

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