Dimitrie Gusti | |
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 Gusti in 1938 | |
| Born | February 13, 1880 |
| Died | October 30, 1955 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Eternitatea Cemetery, Iași |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Iași Humboldt University of Berlin University of Leipzig |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Institutions | University of Iași University of Bucharest |
| Doctoral students | Petre Andrei |
| Notable students | Mircea 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 Minister | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Iuliu Maniu |
| Preceded by | Ion Lugoșianu |
| Succeeded by | Constantin 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.