Karol Estreicher (senior)
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Estreicher was the son of Alojzy Rafał Estreicher, a natural history professor at the Jagiellonian University. After completing university studies in philosophy and law, he worked in the judiciary in Kraków and Lviv, where bibliography became his passion. Margrave Aleksander Wielopolski appointed him in 1862 as under-librarian and assistant professor of Bibliography at the where he presented Bibliography for the first time as a standalone discipline. In 1868 he returned to Kraków and became director of the Jagiellonian Library where during a 37-year tenure he modernized and tripled its collection.
He was also an author, historian, literary critic, journalist, and theater critic. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2012
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