Karol Estreicher (senior) explained

Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher (22 November 1827 in Kraków – 30 September 1908 in Kraków) was a Polish bibliographer and librarian who was a founder of the Polish Academy of Learning.^[1] While he is known as the "father of Polish bibliography",^[2] he is also considered the founder of the bibliographical method in literary research.^[3] His "monumental work", Polish: 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 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 Polish: Szkoła Główna Warszawska 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.

Works or publications

• Encyclopedia: Kraków. Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Bibliografia Polska: Wydanie Towarzystwa Naukowego Krakowskieg. pl. 577286474. Estreicher. Karol J. Karol Estreicher (senior). 0. Bibliografia polska. Wyd. Tow. Naukowego Krakowskiego. 2013-11-06. 1870 .
• Encyclopedia: Kraków. Nakładem Spółki Księgarzy Polskich. Bibliografia Polska XIX stulecia: lata 1881–1900. 1906–1916. pl. 609911661. Estreicher. Karol J. Karol Estreicher (senior). 0. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001763723 . 2013-11-06. Bibliografia polska 19. Stulecia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kraków . Uniwersyt Jagielloński. Centrum Badawcze Bibliografii Polskiej Estreicherów . Elektroniczna baza bibliografii Estreichera . pl . Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher (Senior) . 6 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106230905/http://www.estreicher.uj.edu.pl/centrum/?dzial=9 . 2013-11-06 . live .
2. Encyclopedia: Oxford. Oxford University Press. The Oxford companion to the book. Suarez. Michael F. Woudhuysen. Henry R. 2010. 9780199570140. Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher. 10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001.
3. Polish Review. 0032-2970. 8. 1. Winter 1963. 65–68. Zimmer. Szczepan K. Jagellonian University Library in Cracow. 25776449.
4. Book: New York. National Committee for a Free Europe. Mid-European Studies Center publications. 9. Ziffer. Bernard. Poland, history and historians: three bibliographical essays. 1952. 53006596. 73.