30 May 2013

Southern Cemetery #5: George Ghita Ionescu

'In Loving
Memory of
VALENCE R. de BOIS
IONESCU
2nd SEPT 1917–
12TH MARCH 1996
AND
GEORGE GHITA
IONESCU
21st MARCH 1913–
28th JUNE 1996'
 
Ghita Ionescu was a political scientist of Romanian origin who emigrated after the Soviet invasion in 1947. His most interesting work, perhaps, is Politics and the Pursuit of Happiness (1984), written after his retirement from Manchester University.

My other posts on Southern Cemetery graves:

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The Manchester Sound
L. S. Lowry
Maria Pawlikowska–Jasnorzewska
David Martin
John and Enriqueta Rylands
John Cassidy
Jerome Caminada
George Freemantle
Leo Grindon and Rosa Grindon
Eric Thompson

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Was professor Ghita Ionescu cremated? Please tell me, I need this information. Thanks!