Historian Gheorghe Bichicean (b. 1951, Sibiu) is a doctor in history from the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest. He carried out a prodigious teaching activity, between 2012 and 2016, being rector of the Romanian-German University of Sibiu. Doctor Honoris Causa and Honorary Senator of the International Institute of Management - IMI-NOVA in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova); Honorary Senator of the "Nicolae Bălcescu" Land Forces Academy in Sibiu. He has obtained numerous distinctions, including the Medal of Honor of the "Kujawy and Pomorze University" in Bydgoscz (Poland) and the Diploma of Excellence of the "Wilhelm Löhe University" in Fürth (Germany), the "Masonic Merit in the rank of Commander" Order and the "Masonic Cultural Merit" medal, class I. Founding editor of the "Gnosis" magazine and member of the "Quatuor Coronati" Masonic Research Society in Bayreuth, Germany. He has written and published over 125 contributing studies in specialized journals and 39 books at prestigious publishing houses in the country. At the Editura Universitară Publishing House in Bucharest he published: "Freemasonry and the Horea myth", "Alexandru Vaida Voevod. Freemason and politician", "From the History of Freemasonry. Bălcescu and the secret societies", "The United Principalities before Europe. A manifesto of Prince Gheorghe D. Bibescu". A medallion of the historian Gheorghe Bichicean, including his scientific activity, is in the "Encyclopedia of the Representatives of Romanian Historical Writing", a work edited by the Romanian Academy (vol. I, 2021).