Dimitrie Gusti

Dimitrie Gusti
Gusti in 1938
Born(1880-02-13)February 13, 1880
DiedOctober 30, 1955(1955-10-30) (aged 75)
Resting placeEternitatea Cemetery, Iași
OccupationAcademic
Known forDimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Iași
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Leipzig
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Iași
University of Bucharest
Doctoral studentsPetre Andrei
Notable studentsMircea Vulcănescu
Miron Constantinescu
Henri H. Stahl
Lena Constante
Minister of Public Instruction, Religious Affairs and the Arts
In office
9 June 1932 – 13 November 1933
Prime MinisterAlexandru Vaida-Voevod
Iuliu Maniu
Preceded byIon Lugoșianu
Succeeded byConstantin Angelescu

Dimitrie Gusti (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e ˈɡusti]; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of Education in 1932–1933. Gusti was elected a member of the Romanian Academy in 1919, and was its president between 1944 and 1946. He was the main contributor to the creation of a new Romanian school of sociology.

He was a prominent member of the Peasants' Party, and later of the National Peasants' Party into which the former had merged.