Michał Hieronim Bobrzyński (Michael Bobrzynski) (30 September 1849 – 3 July 1935) was a Polish historian and conservative politician.

Life

Bobrzynski was born at

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in Galicia. He was educated there, graduating from the '' gymnasium'' and the

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. In 1872 he received his

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and the following year became assistant professor in the history of Polish jurisprudence, in 1876 assuming similar duties in regard to German law. In 1877 he became professor of law at the Jagiellonian University. In 1885–91 he was a member of the '' Reichsrat'' and held many other honorary and responsible positions, and in 1890–1901 he was president of the Galician board of education. He was Governor of Galicia in 1908–13. His most important publications are his ''Geschichte Polens'' (1879), which aroused much criticism on account of its bitter attacks on

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's past, and his contributions to Lencl's ''Polnische Rechtsdenkmäler'' (1874–82).

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* Norman Davies, ''God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes'', Volume 2, p. 116. 1849 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Polish historians 20th-century Polish historians Governors of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Historians from Austria-Hungary Jagiellonian University alumni Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907) Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Members of the Lwów Scientific Society Polish conservatives Polish male non-fiction writers Polish male writers Politicians from Kraków {{Poland-historian-stub

Life

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