Ștefan Bârsănescu (28 March 1895 – 5 November 1984) was a Romanian academician and educator who gained renown as an essayist and philosopher.
Born in the village of Viperești in Buzău County, a part of the historical region of Muntenia, Ștefan Bârsănescu was a member of the Romanian Academy and the author of over thirty scholarly volumes and more than five hundred articles and essays. He died in Iași four-and-a-half months before his 90th birthday.
Selected bibliography
Pedagogia pentru școlile normale - (1932)
Didactica - (1935)
Unitatea pedagogiei contemporane ca știință - (1936)
Tehnologia didactică - (1939)
Pedagogia practică - (1946)
Pedagogia agricolă - (1946)
Istoria pedagogiei românești - (1951)
Schola latina de la Cotnari - (1957)
Academia domnească din Iași, 1714-1921 - (1962)
Pagini nescrise din istoria culturii românești - (1971)
Educația, învățământul și gândirea pedagogică din România - dicționar cronologic - (1978, in collaboration with Florela Bârsănescu)