Background
Florescu, Radu Radu was born on October 23, 1925 in Bucharest, Romania. Son of Radu Alexander and Vera Marie Florescu.
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Dracula, the greatest vampire in literature, is traced back to a real 15th-century Romanian, Prince Dracula, who gained glory as a crusader against the Turks and everlasting infamy as "the impaler" of both foreigners and his own countrymen.
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East European history educator
Florescu, Radu Radu was born on October 23, 1925 in Bucharest, Romania. Son of Radu Alexander and Vera Marie Florescu.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1951. Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1951. BLitt, Oxford (England) University, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1962.
Instructor Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1953-1956, assistant professor, 1956-1962, associate professor, 1962-1989, professor, 1989-1997, professor emeritus, since 1997. Director East European Research Center, Boston, since 1968. Consultant United States Embassy, Bucharest, 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy, Boston, 1989, United States Department State, Washington, since 1953.
Member consul of Romania, Boston, 1996.
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Honorary secretary Oxford Society, New England, 1968-1988. Fellow Romanian Academy Society (senior ). Member Society Romanian Studies (president, board directors 1989).
Married Nicole Elizabeth Michel, December 2, 1951. Children: Nicholas, John, Radu, Alexandra.