Ion G. Sbiera

{{Short description|Romanian folklorist}}

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Ion Gheorghe Sbiera (born 1 November 1835, in Horodnic de Jos - died 22 October 1916, in Czernowitz){{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Ion Gheorghe Sbiera – primul șef al Catedrei de Limba Română la Universitatea din Cernăuți - BUCPRESS |url=https://bucpress.eu/ion-gheorghe-sbiera-primul-sef-al-catedrei-de-limba-romana-la-universitatea-din-cernauti/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |language=ro-RO}} was an ethnic Romanian folklorist{{Cite journal |last=Costin |first=Claudia |date=2017 |title=THE UNIVERSE OF THE ROMANIAN FOLKTALES COLLECTED BY I.G. SBIERA |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=584110 |journal=Актуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини |language=English |issue=1 |pages=131–134 |issn=2311-9896}} from Austria-Hungary. He was one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.Elena, Pintilia (2018). [https://philpapers.org/rec/ELEAIO Academician Ion of Gheorghe Sbiera in the Century of the Revival of the National Conscience of Romanians from Bukovina]. Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines 1 (1):49-61. He is noted for his contributions towards promoting the use of the Romanian language in higher education and his work in preserving Romanian literary history.