Radu R. Florescu
Romanian historian and university teacher, based in Boston 1950s-2000s · Romania · On the map · Writers · Lived 1925 to 2014 · aged 88
Radu Florescu was a Romanian academic who held the position of emeritus professor of history at Boston College. His work on Vlad Dracula includes a series of bestselling books that he co-authored with his colleague Raymond T. McNally.
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Along with serving as director of the East European Research Center at Boston College, Florescu was also a philanthropist and an adviser to Edward Kennedy on Balkan and Eastern European affairs. At the time of his death, Radu Florescu was considered the patriarch of the Florescu family.