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Karol Estreicher
1827 – 1908
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKarol Józef Teofil Estreicher was a Polish bibliographer and librarian who was a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning. While he is known as the "father of Polish bibliography", he is also considered the founder of the bibliographical method in literary research. His "monumental work", Bibliografia Polska is called the "most outstanding bibliography of Polish books, and probably one of the most famous bibliographies in the world".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 22, 1827
Kraków
Date of death
September 30, 1908
Kraków
Citizenship
Poland · Free City of Kraków · Russian Empire · Cisleithania
Occupations & fields
librariantranslatorliterary historianliterary criticAndrea Martinuccihistorian
Awards & honours
Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy)Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
- Field and occupation
- polský bibliograf, knihovník, knihovědec, literární a divadelní historik a literární kritik
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