Franciszek Ksawery Kasparek ( Sambor, 29 October 1844 – 4 August 1903,

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) was a Polish

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, professor of

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and rector of

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, founder of the first chair in

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in Poland (at Kraków University), and member of the

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in Kraków. He was brother-in-law of biologist Professor

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of Kraków University, and uncle of poet Franciszek Nowicki.

References

* Kazimierz Opałek, "Kasparek, Franciszek Ksawery," ''

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'' (Polish Biographical Dictionary), vol. XII,

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(Polish Academy of Sciences), 1966–67, pp. 176–78. * Andrzej Śródka, "Kasparek, Franciszek Ksawery," ''Uczeni polscy XIX–XX stulecia'' (Polish Scholars of the 19th–20th Centuries), vol. II (H–Ł),

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, Aries, 1995, pp. 170–71. * ''Biogramy uczonych polskich'' (Biographies of Polish Scholars), ''Część I: Nauki społeczne'' (Part I: Social Sciences), ''zeszyt'' (fascicle) ''2: K-O (pod redakcją Andrzeja Śródki i Pawła Szczawińskiego'' dited by Andrzej Śródka and Paweł Szczawiński,

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, 1984. 1844 births 1903 deaths Jurists from Austria-Hungary Rectors of universities in Austria-Hungary Lawyers from Kraków International law scholars Rectors of the Jagiellonian University {{Poland-bio-stub

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