Radu R. Rosetti

Radu R. Rosetti ( – June 2, 1949) was a Romanian brigadier general, military historian, librarian, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Early years Born in Căiuți, Bacău County, he was part of the old boyar Rosetti family. His father, Radu Rosetti, was a writer; he and his wife, Emma Bogdan, had four children: Radu, Henri, Eugeniu, and Magdalena. Radu attended primary school in his native village; in 1888 the family moved to Târgu Ocna, and then to Brăila, where the father was named prefect of Brăila County.In late 1892, the Rosetti family moves yet again, after the father is named prefect of Bacău County. Rosetti pursued his studies at the Costache Negruzzi National College in Iași, and then moved to Bucharest, where he took classes at the School of Bridges and Roads from 1895 to 1897. He then switched to a military career, graduating from the Military School for Artillery and Engineering in 1899, and from the Higher War School in 1906.