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Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher (22 November 1827 inKraków – 30 September 1908 in Kraków) was a Polishbibliographer and librarian who was a founder of thePolish Academy of Learning.[1] While he is known as the "father of Polishbibliography",[2] he is also considered the founder of the bibliographical method in literary research.[3] His "monumental work",[3]Bibliografia Polska is called the "most outstanding bibliography of Polish books, and probably one of the most famous bibliographies in the world".[4]
Estreicher was the son ofAlojzy Rafał Estreicher, a natural history professor at theJagiellonian University. After completing university studies in philosophy and law, he worked in the judiciary in Kraków andLviv, where bibliography became his passion.[1] MargraveAleksander Wielopolski appointed him in 1862 as under-librarian and assistant professor of Bibliography at theSzkoła Główna Warszawska where he presented Bibliography for the first time as a standalone discipline.[1]In 1868 he returned to Kraków and became director of theJagiellonian Library where during a 37-year tenure he modernized and tripled its collection.[1][3]
He was also an author, historian,literary critic, journalist, and theater critic.[1]
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