Alexandru Roman

Born in Aușeu, Bihor County, in the Crișana region, he attended primary and secondary school at Beiuș and Oradea.

[1] After graduation, Roman returned to his home region, and was hired at the Romanian gymnasium in Beiuș in 1849, during the Hungarian Revolution.

[1] He prepared a Romanian-language manual for village schools, and contributed articles on philology and politics to Bucovina, Gazeta Transilvaniei and Naționalul, the last based in Bucharest, capital of the nascent Romanian state.

Roman published unusually virulent articles in these organs, causing him to be brought to trial a number of times.

[1] From 1865 to 1888, Roman sat in the House of Representatives at Budapest, where he advocated on behalf of the Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary.