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Prince Matila Costiesco Ghyka (born Matila Costiescu Ghica), K.C.V.O., M.C. (September 13, 1881–July 14, 1965), was a poet, novelist, mathematician, historian, and diplomat, and the Romanian Plenipotentiary Minister in the United Kingdom during the late 1930s and until 1940. The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The system of diplomatic rank has over time been formalised on an international basis The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located His first name is sometimes written as Matyla.

Life

He was born in Iaşi, the former capital of Moldavia, of the Ghica family of boyars. Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/ or Jassy, is a city and municipality in north-eastern Romania. Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians The Ghicas were a Noble family, ruling Wallachia and Moldavia for much of the period from the 17th century through the 19th century This article refers to the aristocratic title of boyar. For the Boyar caste of India, see Boyar (caste. On his mother's side he was the great-grandson of Grigore Alexandru Ghica, last reigning Prince of Moldavia before the union of the Danubian Principalities. Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika (1803 or 1807 – August 24 1857 was a Prince of Moldavia between October 14, 1849 and June This is a List of rulers of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862 when it united Danubian Principalities (Principatele Dunărene was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the

He first studied at the Jesuit Maritime College of Jersey (where he passed his matriculation when only 14), then at the French Naval Academy in Brest, at the High School of Electricity in Paris, and finally at the Faculty of Law of Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he took his doctorate magna cum laude. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The Bailiwick of Jersey ( Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. The École Navale is the French Naval Academy in charge of the education of the officers of the French Navy. Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French -speaking University in Brussels A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned He joined the diplomatic service in 1910, being stationed at the Romanian Legations in Rome, Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Stockholm (as Minister Plenipotentiary) and twice again in London between 1936-1938 and between 1939 and 1940. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the

In 1918, at the Brompton Oratory, he married Eileen O'Conor, daughter of the late Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor (d. The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is an oratory Oratory_(worship, popularly but incorrectly known as the Brompton Oratory, is a 1908), the former British Ambassador to Istanbul and Saint Petersburg, and Minna Margaret Hope-Scott. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River During his first diplomatic assignments in London and Paris, Prince Ghyka was introduced by Paul Morand and Prince Antoine Bibesco to the English and French literary circles. Paul Morand (b March 13 1888, Paris. d July 24 1976) was a French Diplomat, Novelist, Playwright Antoine Bibesco or in Romanian, Anton Bibescu ( July 19, 1878 - September 2, 1951) was a Romanian prince He became a friend of Marcel Proust and a "piéton de Paris" with the poet Léon-Paul Fargue. Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (maʁsɛl pʁust (10 July 1871 &ndash 18 November 1922 was a French Novelist Essayist and Critic Léon-Paul Fargue ( March 4, 1876 - November 24, 1947) was a French Poet and essayist A frequent visitor of Natalie Clifford Barney's literary salon, he also met most of the American "exiled" writers of the 1920s, but his chief interest was always the synthesis of high mathematics and poetry. Natalie Clifford Barney ( 31 October 1876 &ndash 2 February 1972) was an American Expatriate who lived wrote and hosted a literary A salon is a gathering of stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and

After World War II, Ghyka fled Communist Romania, and was visiting professor of aesthetics in the United States, at the University of Southern California and at the Mary Washington College, Virginia. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The University of Mary Washington (formerly Mary Washington College is a coeducational state-funded four-year liberal arts college and a member of the Council The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state An unassuming scholar, he took a mild interest in politics. His memoirs, which were published in 1961 under the title The World Mine Oyster, concluded with a confident message on the indestructibility of humanism. Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal

Prince Ghyka died in London and was survived by his son, Prince Roderick Ghyka, and daughter, Princess Maureen Ghyka. He was predeceased by his wife Eileen on February 10, 1963. Both Prince Matyla and Princess Eileen are buried in Gunnersbury Cemetery in London.

Works

References

Ghyka, Matila (1961). Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French pɔl valeˈʁi October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French Poet The World Mine Oyster. London: Heinemann.  

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