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Mircea Eliade was a Romanian-American scholar who studied religion and mythology across many cultures and became a influential professor at the University of Chicago during the mid-20th century. His work matters because he shaped how people understand religious practices and beliefs worldwide, developing influential theories about the role of the sacred in human societies.
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Mircea Eliade (Romanian: [ˈmirtʃe̯a eliˈade]; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His…
Known for
- Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred — Himself1987
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mircea
- Family name
- Eliade
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bucharest
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- ethnographer
- Educated at
- University of Bucharest
- Employer
- University of Bucharest
- Political party
- Iron Guard
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Religion
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Academic degree
- licentiate
- Doctoral advisor
- Surendranath Dasgupta
- Doctoral student
- Bruce Lincoln
- Field of work
- religious studies
- Image
- Expoziție Mircea Eliade, fragment (cropped).jpg
Show 12 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Mircea Eliade
- topic's main category
- Category:Mircea Eliade
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- influenced by
- André Gide
- place of burial
- Oak Woods Cemetery
- name in native language
- Mircea Eliade
- date of birth
- 1907-03-09
- interested in
- yoga
- date of death
- 1986-04-22
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