 Brediceanu was born in Lugoj, the son of the soap maker Vasile Brediceanu, and the nephew of George Brediceanu, a banished boyar from Oltenia and settled in Banat.He studied at Beius High School, then, attended the university in Budapest, where in 1874, he had his lawyer's diploma.After graduation, he returns to Lugoj where he lived by the end of his life.